#if

But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#contrast #life #life

He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one by intent. ↗

— Ruth Park

#became #cliff #climbs #die #i

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#crave #game #joy #life #part

But before he went loopy he was the life and soul of the party," said Fred. "He used to down an entire bottle of firewhiskey, then run onto the dance floor, hoist up his robes, and start pulling bunches of flowers out of his--" Yes, he sounds like a real charmer," said Hermione, while Harry roared with laughter. Never married, for some reason," said Ron. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#life

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#emotions #life #perspective #thinking #tragedy

Short cuts make long delays. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#life-lesson #pippin #proverbs #shortcuts #life

Travel brings power and love back into your life. ↗

— Rumi

#life

Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#love #life

Have you ever heard somebody sing some lyrics that you've never sung before, and you realize you've never sung the right words in that song? You hear them and all of a sudden you say to yourself, 'Life in the Fast Lane?' That's what they're saying right there? You think, 'why have I been singing 'wipe in the vaseline?' how many people have heard me sing 'wipe in the vaseline?' I am an idiot. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#music #singing #wrong-lyrics #life

Death does determine life. ↗

— Pier Paolo Pasolini

#determine #does #life