#ife

When everything is working out for you, it means you are in the wrong gym. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#life #working-out #wrong #life

All his words and actions would now be fit for his daughter’s ears and eyes. Life would be lived as if under [her] constant scrutiny. He would never do anything that might cause her pain or anxiety or embarrassment and there would be nothing, absolutely nothing in his life to be ashamed of anymore. ↗

— David Nicholls

#life #life

I slowly climbed back to my feet, walked back into the emergency department through the silently swishing glass doors, and, covered in my girlfriend's blood, lied perfectly for the first time in my life. "I tried to stop her. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#hospital #lying #life

Life's full of surprises, and they ain't all bad. ↗

— Barbara Rogan

#life

I think it was Milosz, the Polish poet, who when he lay in a doorway and watched the bullets lifting the cobbles out of the street beside him realised that most poetry is not equipped for life in a world where people actually die. But some is. ↗

— Ted Hughes

#life #poetry #vasko-popa #life

TANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. ↗

— Robert Heinlein Time Enough for Love

#love

A man could shoot a squirrel out of a tree from a distance of sixty feet. But he couldn't vomit into a bucket or pee into a pot only two feet away. It was one of the great mysteries of life. ↗

— Maggie Osborne

#man-jokes #mystery-of-life #silver-lining #life

With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#best #bring #characters #film #i

Will there be poppy juice in it?" Phresine shook her head. "Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

#wife

I want my life to be the greatest story. My very existence will be the greatest poem. Watch me burn. Love always, Charlotte ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

#dreams #existence #goals #growing-up #inspiration