#if

At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love" (CCC 1022; by St. John of the Cross) ↗

— Juan de la Cruz

#love #life

I suppose the mothers of most twelve-year-old boys live with the uneasy conviction that their sons are embarked upon a secret life of crime. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

#mothers-and-sons #life

I had cooperated. I could not have refused. I was smitten with her, half in love but also afraid, because in my life (and she seemed to know this) I had not loved anyone without having been wounded. Love was power and possession, love caused pain: you were never more exposed than when you were in love, never more wounded; possession was an enslavement, something stifling. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#love #possession #power #life

Towards the end of your life you have something like a pain schedule to fill out—a long schedule like a federal document, only it's your pain schedule. Endless categories. First, physical causes—like arthritis, gallstones, menstrual cramps. New category, injured vanity, betrayal, swindle, injustice. But the hardest items of all have to do with love. The question then is: So why does everybody persist? If love cuts them up so much.... ↗

— Saul Bellow

#life #midlife-crisis #pain-schedule #life

Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time. ↗

— Robert McKee

#story #storytelling #time #life

The Law of Diminishing Returns is true of everything in life, except sex, which seems endlessly repeatable with effect. ↗

— Robert McKee

#sex #life

You have been a poor observer of life if you have not also seen the hand that, ever so gently – kills. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#life

Upset The Established Order Of Your Life And Everything Becomes Chaos...To A Degree That You Wont Be Able To Differentiate Between Mere Illusions And Solid Reality ↗

— Sherif A. El-Mawardy

#illusions #life #reality #life

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors ... Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same. ↗

— George Orwell

#oligarchy #ruling-class #life

Life is NOT short! It's just by the time we catch up to appreciating it...we've already left life at least halfway behind us. ↗

— Sanjo Jendayi

#behind #deserie-johnson #life #sanjo-jendayi #short