#life

Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal. ↗

— Esther Williams

#almost #everything #ideal #life #teenage

As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#doing #fun #get #i #kid

[I]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou be not ashamed, concubine ... And thou thyself wert not wholly unmindful of that ... [as in the narrative of thy misfortunes] thou hast not disdained to set forth sundry reasons by which I tried to dissuade thee from our marriage, from an ill-starred bed; but wert silent as to many, in which I preferred love to wedlock, freedom to a bond. I call God to witness, if Augustus, ruling over the whole world, were to deem me worthy of the honour of marriage, and to confirm the whole world to me, to be ruled by me forever, dearer to me and of greater dignity would it seem to be called thy concubine than his empress. ↗

— Héloïse d'Argenteuil

#concubine #devotion #dignity #freedom #honor

Hey, Hank, I notice all the women around your place lately ... good looking stuff; you're doing all right." "Sam," I say, "that's not true; I am one of God's most lonely men. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#life #loneliness #lonely #men #sex

I'm always coming up with ideas that have been inspired by memories, everyday life and this and that and the other. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#been #coming #everyday #everyday life #i

The people need to know that the people need to know. And I’m just the man to let them know that they need to know. However, what they need to know, I do not know. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#knowledge #life #needs #people #life

I know now that everything I write, I'm going to put out, and I'll have to live with it for the rest of my life. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#going #i #i write #know #life

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#hate #i #life #me #mean

I was a huge fan of 'Mad' magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I'd scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I'd wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#back #bookstores #come #fan #find

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#writing-life #art