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The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#life

I’m starting to get used to this feeling of not caring about anything. ↗

— J.A. Redmerski

#don-t-care #feeling #j-a-redmerski #life #the-edge-of-never

Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#boyfriends #granddaughters #grandmothers #life #romance

To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's build their own realities, move into them and occasionally send letters home. The only difference between a writer and a crazy person is that a writer gets paid for it. ↗

— David Gerrold

#the-martian-child #writers #writing #writing-life #life

Call no man happy until he is dead. ↗

— Solon

#happiness #history #philosophy #the-good-life #life

Life was such a wheel that no man could stand upon it for long. And it always, at the end, came round to the same place again. ↗

— Stephen King

#life

Here we were, Father and I, shut up in a plain little room, and for the first time in my life having something that might pass for a conversation. We were talking to one another almost like adults; almost like one human being to another; almost like father and daughter. And even though I couldn't think of anything to say, I felt myself wanting it to go on and on until the last star blinked out. ↗

— Alan Bradley

#life

You see it, don't you, James? Without Tessa there is nothing for me--no joy, no light, no life. If you loved me, you would let me have her. You can't love her as I do. No one could. If you are truly my brother, you would do this for me. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jem #tessa #the-infernal-devices #will #life

These are the days that must happen to you. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#live-life #life

But...If my life on Earth must end, let it end with a promise. Let it end with hope. ↗

— Beth Revis

#amy #beth-revis #elder #life