#life

"I knew that in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late again. I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome."

"The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death."

"Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read."

"To be angry is easy, but to forgive is hard. That's why to love is easy, and to love is hard. I try to be so hard that I'm soft, like a liquid rock, fluid and forgiving, but unmovable in my resolve."

"I'm one of my sensations."

"Life has no blessing like a prudent friend."

"The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts."

"From the Slobodan Milošević interview during the the Hague Tribunal : 'What are your hobbies?' [10w] "I enjoy gardening because weeding reminds me of ethnic cleansing."

"That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them!"

"We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us."

"Just living is not enough,"said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

"Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now."

"Party Hat [10w] Circus clowns, Frenchmen, and sanitation workers look better in party-hats.."

"You were free, you are free and you will be free."

"You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair there is no hope."

"It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away."

"Read vs. Write If you want to know about life second hand, read;if you want to experience life directly, write."

"ᏰέƦẙḽԃṏሁ Լέῳ [10w] II ᏰέƦẙḽԃṏሁ Լέῳ accounts for 15.7% of all Hello Poetry's pageviews."

"The night is just a part of the day"

"The restless spirit never loses its wings. If sometimes it cannot fly, it is because during those moments the sky vanishes."