#pan

I was surrounded by friends, my work was immense, and pleasures were abundant. Life, now, was unfolding before me, constantly and visibly, like the flowers of summer that drop fanlike petals on eternal soil. Overall, I was happiest to be alone; for it was then I was most aware of what I possessed. Free to look out over the rooftops of the city. Happy to be alone in the company of friends, the company of lovers and strangers. Everything, I decided, in this life, was pure pleasure. ↗

— Roman Payne

#alone #aloneness #company #flowers #friends

It’s never a good thing when the black volhv says “Uh-oh” and then runs for his life. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#roman #life

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life. ↗

— Santoka Taneda

#creating #haiku #japanese #poetry #zen

what is the matter with me? Am I too particular? I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with. ↗

— Mary Ann Shaffer

#marriage #life

Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified. 'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it. ↗

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

#krishna #life #palace-of-illusions #panchaali #seriousness

Life’s gonna kick you in the butt. That’s what it does. But if you gotta put up with this crap, the least you can expect is that your friends will stand by you. I mean, for crying in the night, what else are friends for but to help you make right what isn’t in life? (Kira, The Mishmorat) ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#eena #friends #friendship #hardship #help

It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved by anyone again. It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#book-lover #books #company #honesty #loneliness

In Life...You're either part of the solution or part of the problem. Don't be part of the problem. ↗

— Timothy Pina

#legend-of-the-peace-panda #life

Peace is not just a desired state of being for people, but also enables the flourishing of nature as well as human-created landscapes. ↗

— Norris Brock Johnson

#kyoto #temple #life

Kau mungkin tidak percaya pada kehidupan, tapi aku tidak percaya pada kematian. ↗

— Yann Martel

#kehidupan #kematian #mati #percaya #life