#r

She glanced over at the twisted wreckage of the chair — (a nice, Swedish chair that had done nothing in its short life to hurt anyone ↗

— Sylvain Reynard

#life

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

— Diana Gabaldon

#life

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#magic #science #inspirational

They haven’t an idea what happiness is; they don’t know that without our love, for us there is neither happiness nor unhappiness—no life at all ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#life

He parks in the far corner of the lot, explaining that it is more logical to do this and then walk for fifteen seconds than it is to spend fifteen minutes looking for a closer space. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#parking #life

There is nothing in the path of life that we don't already know before we start. Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#life #wisdom #life

The only difference between you and the person you admire is their perspective on life. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#perspective #life

Now you are walking in Paris all alone in the crowd As herds of bellowing buses drive by Love's anguish tightens your throat As if you were never to be loved again If you lived in the old days you would enter a monastery You are ashamed when you discover yourself reciting a prayer You make fun of yourself and like the fire of Hell your laughter crackles The sparks of your laugh gild the depths of your life It's a painting hanging in a dark museum And sometimes you go and look at it close up ↗

— Guillaume Apollinaire

#city #crowd #laughing #laughter #love

Don't talk much and save your dignity. ↗

— Ashraf Ali Jamshedpur

#respect #life

Sometimes it didn't matter how much gumption you had. What mattered were the cards you'd been dealt. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#truth #turn-of-the-century-texas #life