#life

I am the me I choose to be. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#life

Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency," or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth of life is its mystery. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#on-fiction #writing #life

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#important #killed #kills #life #lost

We all want to be the best at something. Trouble is, some people are only the best at being second best.
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— Jarod Kintz

#better #competition #desire #life #lose

Worry is most often a prideful way of thinking that you have more control over life and its circumstances than you actually do. ↗

— June Hunt

#life #worry #life

Everybody was sorry. Sorry was easy. Sorry was for suckers. ↗

— Gretchen McNeil

#life #people #regret #sorry #suckers

Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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One of the hardest and truest things a grown-up learns is that sometimes it's not okay. ↗

— Christopher Buehlman

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my only complaints are two: that I didn't make myself ready for you sooner in life, that I can't give you better, Love you more. ↗

— Jan Beatty

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Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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