#son

He lost his Self a thousand times and for days on end he dwelt in non-being. But although the paths took him away from Self, in the end they always led back to it. Although Siddhartha fled from the Self a thousand times, dwelt in nothing, dwelt in animal and stone, the return was inevitable; the hour was inevitable when he would again find himself in sunshine or in moonlight, in shadow or in rain, and was again Self and Siddhartha, again felt the torment of the onerous life cycle. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#personhood #life

You carry/All the ingredients/To turn your life into a nightmare--/Don't mix them! ↗

— حافظ

#life

Zoe readied her arrows. Grover lifted his pipes. Thalia raised her shield and I noticed a tear running down her cheek. Suddenly it occurred to me: this had happened to her before.She had been cornered on Half- Blood Hill. She'd willingly given her life for her friends. But this time she couldn't save us. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#thalia-grace #life

A person has to keep something to herself or your life is just a layout in a magazine. ↗

— Grace Kelly

#mystery #personal #life

Only if you are possible, everything will be possible. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#impossible #life-lessons #possible #life

The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#life-lessons #scars #wisdom #wounds #life

Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be. ↗

— Jonas Jonasson

#life

You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#life

If I lie about truth which you will know somehow later, then you would call me a liar. But If you're willing to dig further about truth that force me do it, then you would understand my reason. But you wouldn't acknowledge it. ↗

— Toba Beta

#reason #secret #truth #understand #life

My biggest regret is what I didn’t say… (Jake) ↗

— Keary Taylor

#life #regret #sad #life