#life

One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier. ↗

— Helen Keller

#duty #life

I say, if your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#hobbes #life

There's no benchmark for how life's "supposed" to happen. There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, it's up to you how you respond to it ↗

— Isaac Marion

#world #life

Tristan was silent for a few moments, looking at the leaves before them. "Life isn't about the past and the future. It's about today." He paused. "It's about five minutes from now and two seconds ago. It's moments, you know? Not years. Years aren't what define us. ↗

— Chelsea Fine

#life

Feel no guilt. Getting married and giving birth does not mean that you have sold your life away to perfectly healthy people who can get their own damn socks. ↗

— Jennifer Crusie

#guilt #marriage #life

Life sucks, then you die. Then it sucks again. ↗

— Tonya Hurley

#life #humor

He hesitates only a moment before pulling me close, arms tightening around me, mouth meeting mine the same way it did before. Purely, sweetly, wickedly, perfectly. He sighs against my lips, a sound of such relief it echoes through my skin, making me smile and our teeth bump together. I know exactly how he feels. How it feels to come home, to find sanctuary, to be handed that missing piece that makes life not something to be endured, but something to be celebrated. ↗

— Stacey Jay

#juliet #juliet-immortal #stacey-jay #life

I know what you are learning to endure. There is nothing to be done. Make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to. ↗

— Janet Fitch

#pain #life

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life #pain #renunciation #life

Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within ↗

— Helen Keller

#life #love #life