life

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

"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations."

"When you lost sight of your path, listen for the destination in your heart (Allen Walker, D-gray Man)"

"I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman."

"Lo esperado no sucede. Es lo inesperado lo que acontece."

"I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat."

"I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long."

"Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly."

"My sole possession is my passion, for no one can rob me of it. More fiery than love, it does not depend on another to blaze."

"People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little."

"I’m willing to die for the woman I love. I just want to take 75 years to do it."

"Time folds you in its arms and gives you one last kiss, and then it flattens you out and folds you up and tucks you away until it's time for you to become someone else's past time, and then time folds again."

"I arose like a rose, and this is how I knew I was in love. In the garden of life, I’m better off in your neighbor’s yard."

"The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps."

"A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others."

"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."

"Just because you're scarred for life doesn't mean you should be scared to live."

"Telephone pole wires get in the way of great photos. Communication always gets in the way of communication."

"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness."

"A squeegee is a sponge on a stick, and if there is a tangible item that’s more romantic, I don’t know what it is. Never go on a first date without one."