life

"All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished."

"Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing."

"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,Love like you'll never be hurt,Sing like there's nobody listening,And live like it's heaven on earth."

"Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor."

"Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow."

"The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you."

"Mostly, I could tell, I made him feel uncomfortable. He didn't understand me, and he was sort of holding it against me. I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else. But really there wasn't much point, and I gave up the idea out of laziness."

"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance."

"For your birthday I got you some batteries. They’re dead, just like you’ll soon be."

"If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough."

"I network like a Spanish Inquisitor. I am very good at extracting relevant information. And if you resist, you’ll only confirm your heresy."

"Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment."

"I need to be gentler, I said definitively to myself, as I clenched my fist and shook it in the air. Love takes flight like two powerful wings, but hits like a collection of feathers."

"May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live."

"Life is too short to blend in."

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

"Do not live in the shadow of the masters for ever. Learn to live in the light of your soul. Life deserves full expression."

"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."

"Love is the best gift because it’s free to give and priceless to receive."

"I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited."