#life

[Praying] demands that you take to the road again and again, leaving your house and looking forward to a new land for yourself and your [fellow human]. This is why praying demands poverty, that is, the readiness to live a life in which you have nothing to lose so that you always begin afresh. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

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He hugged her hard. "I love you. My life is so much better with you in it than out of it. ↗

— Cindy Gerard

#romantic-suspense #life

We all have the best laid plans for our children, and they go and ruin it all by growing up any way they want to. What the hell was it all for, then? (Real Life and Liars) ↗

— Kristina Riggle

#fiction #life #mothers #parenting #poignant

When you know that everything matters—that every move counts as much as any other—you will begin living a life of permanent purpose. ↗

— Andy Andrews

#hope #purpose #self-worth #life

Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell; ↗

— Dante Gabriel Rossetti

#regret #life

O little one, My little one, Come with me, Your life is done. Forget the future, Forget the past. Life is over: Breathe your last. ↗

— Clive Barker

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How incredibly far our lives drift from where we knew with all certainty they would go. How little today resembles what yesterday thought it would look like. ↗

— Jim Beaver

#jim #life #life

Imprinting." I heard the smile disappear from Cat's face. "Next." I repeated myself. "Are you referring to Stephenie Meyer's books?" "Yes," I said. A little unwillingly. Cat chuckled. "There's no shame in reading enjoyable books. But this topic is better discussed later." "Got it. ↗

— Shannon Delany

#jessie #life

August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem with people--" Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't... August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters. ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

#life #meaning #values #life

I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious theories of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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