#or

Life will follow the path it started upon, and will neither reverse nor check its course; it will make no noise, it will not remind you of its swiftness. Silent it will glide on; it will not prolong itself at the command of a king, or at the applause of the populace. Just as it was started on its first day, so it will run; nowhere will it turn aside, nowhere will it delay. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#mortality #shortness-of-life #time #life

Allora ti piace l’amore?” “ E’ pericoloso. Ci scappano ferite e poi per la giustizia altre ferite. Non è serenata al balcone, somiglia a una mareggiata di libeccio, strapazza il mare sopra, e sotto lo rimescola. Non lo so se mi piace. ↗

— Erri De Luca

#ferite #life-lessons #life

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#deplorable #joy #life #sleep

I'm sixteen with what I hope will be a long life ahead, but I'm willing to give it up, to give anything to let her live, to let her make it through the night. ↗

— Travis Thrasher

#christian-fiction #good-reads #horror #redemption #solitary

Some sit and watch the life; some sail to the sea and the life watches them! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#life

Time makes very little difference to the basic realities of life ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#life

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#authors #mystery #social-life #whodunnit #life

Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#looking-forward #moving-forward #past-and-present #life

I also found it particularly encouraging that the decent people in his life were now outnumbering the crazy bitches ↗

— R.K. Lilley

#crazy #humor #james #life

After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#happiness #love #torment #love