#ife

How true is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true. ↗

— Yann Martel

#martel #yann-martel #life

But one thing I beg of you, look on me as your friend; and if you want some help, advice, or simply want to open your heart to someone- not now, but when things are clearer in your heart- think of me.' He took her hand and kissed it. 'I shall be happy, if I am able...' Pierre was confused. 'Don't speak to me like that; I'm not worth it!' cried Natasha... 'Hush, hush your whole life lies before you,' he said to her. 'Before me! No! All is over for me,' she said, with shame and humiliation. 'All over?' he repeated. 'If I were not myself, but the handsomest, cleverest, best man in the world, and if I were free I would be on my knees this minute to beg for your hand and your love. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#life

All he knew was that you couldn't hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be able to achieve some tiny deed that'd make the world, in a small way, a better place. Like shooting someone. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#life

I am confident of my ability to demonstrate that one can sometimes believe in something and yet not believe in it. Nothing is less fathomable than the systems that motivate our actions. ↗

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

#belief #life #life

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. ↗

— Anonymous

#jesus #spiritual #the-holy-bible #life

We do many things we shouldn’t in the course of a life. It doesn’t make them right or wrong, just a part of who we are. ↗

— Lorenzo Carcaterra

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Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion ↗

— Alice Cooper

#life

But why?" Vimbai whispered, overwhelmed with the weight of accumulated disbelief. "What is happening to us?" "Who knows?" Maya shrugged. "Who cares? Enjoy it while you can, why don't you? There will be tons of boring shit in your life, okay? I promise. ↗

— Ekaterina Sedia

#weirdness #life

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell. ↗

— John Fogerty

#music #life

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotton son, and whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. [john 3:16] ↗

— Anonymous

#scripture #life