#ife

Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up. ↗

— Kenneth Rexroth

#buddhism #buddhist #ceremony #confirmed #disappointed

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#experience #life #marathon #mile #run

We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#travelers #life

One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#on-fiction #writing #life

Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#immortality #life-and-death #sex #life

That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#life #loss #life

Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life #life

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#life #reading #refuge #life

I thought I was going to be killed. The casualties were so heavy, it was just a given. I learned to take each day, each mission, as it came. That's an attitude I've carried into my professional life. I take each case, each job, as it comes. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#came #carried #case #casualties #comes

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#love #life