#ife

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dare not face this thought! Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are disputed. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#philosophical #life

Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! how can I bear it?" was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not seek to disguise his despair. And now he stared at her so earnestly that I thought the very intensity of his gaze would bring tears into his eyes; but they burned with anguish: they did not melt. ↗

— Emily Brontë

#xv #life

If you would create something, you must be something. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#life

Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. ↗

— Eve Ensler

#life

Wherever you are, however you got there, if it's good, you're meant to be there either because you earned it or life led you there and you were smart enough to hold on. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#wisdom #life

Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#ignorance #life #reality #suffering #life

All is going well, very well, I couldn’t ask for anything better— So why do I hate my life? ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#life

We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day. ↗

— Brad Meltzer

#humanity #life #life

There is one other book, that can teach you everything you need to know about life... it's The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but that's not enough anymore. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#the-brothers-karamazov #life

Real life is messy, inconsistent, and it's seldom when anything ever really gets resolved. It's taken me a long time to realize that. ↗

— Alan Moore

#life #under-the-hood #life