#ife

There is nothing in the path of life that we don't already know before we start. Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#life #wisdom #life

The only difference between you and the person you admire is their perspective on life. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#perspective #life

Now you are walking in Paris all alone in the crowd As herds of bellowing buses drive by Love's anguish tightens your throat As if you were never to be loved again If you lived in the old days you would enter a monastery You are ashamed when you discover yourself reciting a prayer You make fun of yourself and like the fire of Hell your laughter crackles The sparks of your laugh gild the depths of your life It's a painting hanging in a dark museum And sometimes you go and look at it close up ↗

— Guillaume Apollinaire

#city #crowd #laughing #laughter #love

Don't talk much and save your dignity. ↗

— Ashraf Ali Jamshedpur

#respect #life

Sometimes it didn't matter how much gumption you had. What mattered were the cards you'd been dealt. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#truth #turn-of-the-century-texas #life

Los seres humanos abandonan la vida cuando no pueden lidiar con el dolor. Es una salida fácil para ellos. ↗

— Abbi Glines

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Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#authors #mystery #social-life #whodunnit #life

Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#looking-forward #moving-forward #past-and-present #life

Real life is not quite as it is in stories. In the old tales, bad things happen, and when the tale has unfolded and come to its triumphant conclusion, it is as if the bad things had never been. Life is not as simple as that, not quite. ↗

— Juliet Marillier

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Want a better life? Make better decisions. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

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