#life

He was alone with seven thousand books...mostly aged and unsaleable. ↗

— George Orwell

#age

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. ↗

— Lucille Clifton

#language #life #matter #poetry

As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of. ↗

— George Clooney

#being #career #character #character actor #comfortable

I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation. ↗

— Johnnie Cochran

#believer #big #big believer #fact #i

The Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte had been banished to the island of Elba. However His Imperial Majesty had some doubts wheter a quiet island life would suit him - he was, after all, accustomed to governing a large proportion of the known world. ↗

— Susanna Clarke

#historical-fiction #humor #life

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life. ↗

— Brian Clough

#go #had #haven #hell #holiday

Cain considers life and can find no explanation for it, there is that woman, who although clearly sick with desire is enjoying postponing the moment of surrender, which is not at all the right word, because lilith, when she does finally open her legs to allow herself to be penetrated, will not be surrendering, but trying to devour the man to whom she said, Enter. ↗

— José Saramago

#life

Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life. A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds. ↗

— Herman Melville

#manhood #resilience #strength #life

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#dreams #eat #exercise #follow #follow your dreams

Everyone and everything that shows up in our life is a reflection of something that is happening inside of us. ↗

— Alan Cohen

#everything #happening #inside #life #life is a