#jo

She had come to accept, deeply, and with certitude, that she had been born into a world, a life, that would not let her be whole. ↗

— Guy Gavriel Kay

#personal-journeys #life

And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?" "They were looking only for gold his companion answered. They were seeking the treasure of their personal legend, without wanting actually to live out the personal legend. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#journeys #life-lessons #life-philosophy #life

It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life

...true intimacy—sharing who you are, the very deepest part of you—with Him. God wants to listen to who you are. ↗

— Linda Boone

#journaling-with-god #soaking #life

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#deplorable #joy #life #sleep

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

Nothing is a joke with me. It just all comes out like one. ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#jokes #life #life

For the first time in my life I begin to understand how a parent my hit a child--it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#my-sister-s-keeper #sara-fitzgerald #life

You get caught in being something, being cool or special or whatever, to the point where you don’t even know why you need it; you just think you do ↗

— John Green

#identity #john-green #life #popularity #purpose

What did the zombie say to the whore? Keep the tip! ↗

— Diana Rowland

#vaginal-fantasy #zombies #life