#ka

I wrote a huge number of letters that spring: one a week to Naoko, several to Reiko, and several more to Midori. I wrote letters in the classroom, I wrote letters at my desk at home with Seagull in my lap, I wrote letters at empty tables during my breaks at the Italian restaurant. It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#norwegian-wood #life

...as bad as it is here, it's better than being somewhere else." -Chris Rose, regarding life in Post-Katrina New Orleans ↗

— Chris Rose

#new-orleans #life

But wishing our Kansas soldiers 'God speed' is not enough. We need to comfort, care for, and protect their families. And we should ease the financial burdens that these families often face. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#care #comfort #ease #enough #face

He didn't just kiss, he claimed ownership. Took her mouth with urgency, as if his life depended on his kissing her. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#karen-marie-moning #the-dark-highlander #life

Vengeance is one of life's great motivators. ↗

— K.S. Brooks

#special-agent-kathrin-night #vengeance #life

„This is what people do here?” „It's a little more complicated than that.” „Everything seems complicated here,” he grumbled. „That"s life,” I laughed. „Life is complicated.” „And that's good?” I nodded. „That's good. ↗

— Jus Accardo

#kale #life

Live your life so that you’ll have no regrets. No matter how hard, no matter how sad, if something is precious to you, protect it with both arms. ↗

— Masashi Kishimoto

#life

My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It's not as if I'm never friendly. Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but i do care for some people. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#friendly #hunger-games #katniss-everdeen #smile #spirit

People don't live in New Orleans because it is easy. They live here because they are incapable of living anywhere else in the just same way. ↗

— Ian McNulty

#hurricane-katrina #new-orleans #truth #life

You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel okay all the time. ↗

— Louis C.K.

#fine #life #okay #unsure #life