#ife

I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?' There were so many questions in life. You couldn't ever have all the answers. But I knew this one. It's so she can fly,' I said. Then I started to run. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#life #questions #running #life

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#common-sense #life #zen #life

I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. ↗

— Horace

#fools #greatest #greatest lesson #know #lesson

My life didn't please me, so I created my life. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#life #life

I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#life

That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#life

I promise that this will be the last time you’ll see me. I won’t come back. I won’t put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your life without any more interference from me. It will be as if I’d never existed. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#false-promises #life

You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#four #tobias #tris #veronica-roth #life

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#eternal-life #human-desire #immortality #money #wisdom