#live

I have not lived so abundantly, full of family, full of continuity and history. ↗

— John Lone

#family #full #history #i #lived

But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk. ↗

— John Lone

#bit #i #like #little #little bit

I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother. ↗

— John Lone

#become #eventually #father #friend #grew

So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company. ↗

— John Lone

#beijing #company #craft #i #into

In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world. ↗

— Federico Garcia Lorca

#any #country #dead #more #other

Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#architecture #been #before #bridge #change

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#consciousness #dealing #further #lesbian #lives

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#bearing #bring #changes #direct #hope

I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#because #careless #children #days #habitual

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship. ↗

— Greg Louganis

#conditional love #dad #expectations #felt #had