#lit

We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#reality-of-life #society #life

We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#loneliness #solitary-confinement #solitude #life

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. ↗

— Hans Selye

#becoming #every #indelible #leaves #little

Viata nu inseamna a avea,ci a fi. ↗

— Nick Vujicic

#personality #life

There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#life #personality #weirdness #life

No one knows what path you should follow except yourself. You are your own wise teacher. You are your own Guru. ↗

— Grace G. Payge

#spiritual-quotes #spirituality #life

Life can be hard in the real world. ↗

— Jenny B. Jones

#quote #reality #life

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

#attention #been #complaint #confine #consideration

A novelist must wrestle with all mysteries and strangeness of life itself, and anyone who dies not wish to accept that grand, bone-chilling commission should write book reviews, editorials, or health-insurance policies instead. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#life

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ↗

— Texas Guinan

#down #fellow #his #lay #life