#if

I can offer you my life, though it is a short life. I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope the rest of my life-whatever its length-happy, by spending it with you.-Jem. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#life

Almost halfway down the aisle, she saw someone she wasn't expecting, and she almost stumbled on her satin heels. Kingsley Martin stood at the end of a pew, his arms crossed. He was wearing a tuxedo as well. Just like any other guest. What was he doing here? He was supposed to be in Paris! He was supposed to be gone! He looked directly at Mimi. She heard his voice loud and clear in her head. Leave him. Why should I? What do you promise me? Nothing. And everything. A life of danger and adventure. A chance to be yourself. Leave him. Come with me. ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#life

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#life

All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal. ↗

— Steven Millhauser

#writing #life

You’re awfully quiet, Princess,” Puck said as he arranged the firewood into a tepee. His slanted green eyes shot me a knowing look. “In fact, you haven’t said a word since his royal iciness left. What’s wrong?” “Oh.” I cast about for an excuse. No way was I telling Puck about my feelings for Ash. He’d probably challenge him to a duel the moment he walked through the door. “I…um…I’m just weirded out, you know, with all those wiremen bodies around. It’s kinda creepy, like they might come to life and attack us while we’re sleeping. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#puck #life

Not the intense moment Isolated, with no before and after, But a lifetime burning in every moment. ↗

— T.S. Eliot

#life #man #moment #time #life

The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#life #tragedy #life

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore. ↗

— Shirley M Hufstedler

#life

We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#life #nothingness #life

Sometimes it just feels really really wonderful to be alive. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#happiness #life #living #love #life