life

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."(George Santayana)I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive."

"There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it."

"He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars."

"I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it."

"Entrepreneurs adopt the ways of the adept and adapt to a changing environment. Actually, entrepreneurs are more enterpreneurs, because they are forever entering into new territory."

"Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny."

"I want someone whose heart is big enough to hold me."

"Tristan was silent for a few moments, looking at the leaves before them. "Life isn't about the past and the future. It's about today."He paused. "It's about five minutes from now and two seconds ago. It's moments, you know? Not years. Years aren't what define us."

"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."

"Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with."

"Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt."

"That it will never come again is what makes life sweet."

"Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy."

"Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it."

"A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Václav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal."

"Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves."

"I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with."

"The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."

"People don't care what I wear or don't wear, and even if I don't wear anything people will cover for me if they know that I care about them."

"In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices."