#living

Some of us are crèmes brûlées, unfortunately in the presence of those who would rather have corn dogs. We can try to degenerate into corn dogs to make them happy, or we can just accept the fact that we were made for Paris! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#can-t-make-everyone-happy #crème-brûlée #crèmes-brûlées #inspirational-quotes #life-and-living

It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#feminism #identity #independence #living-vicariously #self-discovery

The path of your life can change in an instant. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#life-and-living #life-path #change

There are no accusations with writing, no judgment, no shame, only freedom. ↗

— Jessica Sorensen

#freedom

Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living. ↗

— Julius Boros

#fish #golf #i #living #play

If people and their manner of living were alike everywhere, there would not be much point in moving from one place to another. ↗

— Paul Bowles

#another #everywhere #living #manner #moving

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#enough #good #life #living #miserable

My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water. ↗

— Robert Bresson

#born #certain #come #dies #film

Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth, it backed me up and shielded me, it shook me and scared me and showed me the way; music opened me up to living and being and feeling. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#being #feeling #hand #living #me

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals. ↗

— Jeff Buckley

#age #audacious #bashed #being #coals