#if

It was as if the main screw in his head, which held his whole life together, had become stripped. The screw would not go in, would not come out, but turned in the same groove without catching hold, and it was impossible to stop turning it. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#psychology #life

A bird named Vlad the Impaler, who spent the bulk of his life hissing and looking at himself in a little mirror hanging[...] in the iron cage, a mirror so dull and cloudy with Vlad the Impaler’s bird-spit that Vlad the Impaler could not possibly have seen anything more than a vague yellowish blob behind a pane of mist[...] A bird that not infrequently literally bit the hand that fed it, before returning to dance in front of its own shapeless reflection, straining and contorting always for a better view of itself. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#life

Sometimes you need to look at life from a different perspective. ↗

— Inas Chahboun

#life

Love is a way of living so how can our souls be healthy enough to live without love. I will continue to love you for as long as I have life because you've showed me the light. I always look forward to waking up in the morning because you're there waiting to love me again with your arms open wide waiting to embrace me with your love. The love I will strive to keep hold on forever. I love you!! ↗

— Atul Purohit

#love #novel #life

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, "I survived ↗

— Chris Cleave

#beauty

When you look back and realize there is no way you would have had a better life with another person, that's when the relationship or marriage becomes worth it. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#relationship #life

It all felt like a terribly long time. It would have meant that I had to make five movies in five years and if you don't like the movies, too bad. I guess I just wanted my freedom, and I think my life has been incredibly enhanced as a result. ↗

— Joseph Fiennes

#been #enhanced #felt #five #freedom

There's nothing that can replicate the smoky flavor of char, so when I've got the hankering for it, I tell my wife that I'm taking care of dinner. I have three different types of barbecues - a coal, gas and smoker - so I can experiment a lot. ↗

— Guy Fieri

#care #coal #different #different types #dinner

I have worked long and hard to try to reduce my debts, and I am devastated that it came to this conclusion. I now intend to focus on the remaining dates of the Westlife tour and my commitments to the band before looking to rebuild a future for my wife, my three children and myself. ↗

— Shane Filan

#band #before #came #children #commitments

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least. ↗

— Richard Gere

#least #our #sacrifice #services #should