#life

You have never talked to a mere mortal. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#death #life #mortality #death

Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. Keeping that going is hard work. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#marriage #life

All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot. ↗

— Mary Ann Shaffer

#life

But they were not friends. They were here to keep each other from spinning off alone into the dark matter of the universe. ↗

— Carol Anshaw

#friendship #life #universe #family

Be so good they can't ignore you. ↗

— Steve Martin

#haters #life #life

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what? ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#life

Kalau ada kupu-kupu yang terperangkap di sarang laba-laba, orang cenderung akan menolong kupu-kupu itu walaupun mungkin si laba-laba belum makan selama berhari-hari..Tapi gimana kalau yang terperangkap adalah ulat yang belum jadi kupu-kupu? Orang tetap nolong nggak? Padahal, keduanya sama. Di dunia ini, memang harus cantik supaya ditolong. ↗

— Windhy Puspitadewi

#life

No matter where you go, there you are. ↗

— Keith Caserta

#philosophy-of-life #humor

Most world religions denounced war as a barbaric waste of human life. We treasured the teachings of these religions so dearly that we frequently had to wage war in order to impose them on other people. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#war #life

The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. ↗

— Pythagoras

#evil #good #human #human life #life