#vent

By the time we began to understand enough about what the world to ask the right questions, our visit is over, and someone else is visiting, asking the same questions. ↗

— D.K. LeVick

#childhood-memories #growing-up #life #philosophy #understanding

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#already #attempt #aware #events #fear

To die will be an awfully big adventure. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#awfully #big #big adventure #die #will

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#born #conscious #death #die #events

You're anxious to jump into the river, but you haven't checked to see if the water is deep enough." I don't bother pretending. "Sopeap, you speak in riddles. What are you saying?" "I'm saying that life at the dump has limitations, but it serves a plate of predictability. Stung Meanchey offers boundaries. There are dangers, but they are understood, accepted, and managed. When we step out of that world, we enter an area of unknown. I'm questioning if you are ready. Everyone loves adventure, Sang Ly, when they know how the story ends. In life, however, our own endings are never as perfect. ↗

— Camron Wright

#life #love

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#before #begin #book #broad #details

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#comes #invent #work #you

If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#give #going #invent #lot #most

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#interested #invention #just #more #mozart

Although we hardly see each other off the set, Joy and I get along well when we do. As far as the marriage between Nathan and Haley, I think they are young and will see the reality of the situation eventually. ↗

— James Lafferty

#although #as far as #between #each #eventually