#life

Things in life have no real beginning, though our stories about them always do. ↗

— Colum McCann

#life

That's for the best. Otherwise they might realize they're in prison. It can't be helped. You women are used to harems and prisons. A person can spend his whole life between four walls. If he doesn't think or feel that he's a prisoner, then he's not a prisoner. But then there are people for whom the whole planet is a prison, who see the infinite expanse of the universe, the millions of stars and galaxies that remain forever inaccessible to them. And that awareness makes them the greatest prisoners of time and space. ↗

— Vladimir Bartol

#emptiness #faith #freedom #inspirational #life

Every man knows that his highest purpose in life cannot be reduced to any particular relationship. If a man prioritizes his relationship over his highest purpose, he weakens himself, disserves the universe, and cheats his woman of an authentic man who can offer his full, undivided presence. ↗

— David Deida

#way-of-a-superior-man #life

The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#suffering #life

She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed--necessary but scarcely noticed. ↗

— O. Henry

#the-pendulum #wife #life

Misfortunes never come singly. ↗

— Anne Frank

#truth-of-life #life

Some things must be done however much we wish to avoid them. ↗

— Michelle Zink

#life #life

Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person’s bookcase and their grocery cart, she’d pretty much know who they were. ↗

— Louise Penny

#louise-penny #still-life #life

Where was I when the rockets came to life, and carried you away into the alligator sky.? ↗

— Owl City

#owl-city #life

Judge not lest ye be judged yourself. ↗

— Metallica

#life-lessons #metallica #momnesia #music #life