#life

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#character #death #life #mindfulness #perfection

We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget. ↗

— Mary Roach

#death #life #mary-roach #science #death

You're still alive. That means you're winning. ↗

— Rachel Cotterill

#life-and-death #death

If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death. ↗

— George Pelecanos

#storyteller #writing #death

You fear them because you fear death, and rightly: for death is terrible and must be feared,' the mage said...'And life is also a terrible thing,' Ged said, 'and must be feared and praised. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#life #death

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity--it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. ↗

— Yann Martel

#emotion #life #love #beauty

Until death it is all life ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

#life #livving #death

In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#humor #irony #life #tragedy #death

If i were to lose a friend...then i couldn't die in peace! ↗

— Sawada Tsunayoshi

#death

Live because you're dying. Tomorrow is no more guaranteed than the next hour. No minute is minuscule; every second is a new breath that fills the lungs with life. ↗

— Bron Dayvid

#fear #inspirational #life #time #death