#sons

Finally (Evangeline) whispered, "I wish that I had been more prepared." "We prepare all of our lives for such moments," Dr. Raphael said, crossing his arms and looking at me with a critical gaze. "When the time comes, we can only expect that we have learned enough to succeed. ↗

— Danielle Trussoni

#life

Tendencies. Yougottendencies. Soevenifyoudideverythingoveragain, yourwholelife, yougottendenciestodojustwhatyoudid, alloveragain. -The Sheep Man. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life-lessons #life

If you listen quietly enough life will whisper its secrets to you ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#life #life-lessons-lessons #rasheed-ogunlaru #secrets-of-the-universe #secrets-to-happiness

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone. ↗

— The Buddha

#life

Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so glad you did it. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#writers #writing-process #life

Sometimes it's hard to believe what we are really. ↗

— Riyadh Razzaq

#life-lessons #philosophy #riyadh-razzaq #sad #sad-but-true

She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and made everything bend to it. ↗

— Jane Austen

#life-lessons #life

Life is like a 10-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use. ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#living-life #life

In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the life of one man was insufficient for even the smallest part of the wonders that lay within. It is cruel that we are granted the desire to know, but denied the time to do so properly. We all die frustrated; it is the greatest lesson we have to learn. ↗

— Iain Pears

#insufficiency #knowledge #learning #life-lessons #wonder

Sto lavorando duro per preparare il mio prossimo errore. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#life