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Life is a journey filled with moments of joy, struggle, growth, and reflection. The quotes that follow capture different perspectives on what it means to live, love, and learn. Together, they offer insight, inspiration, and reminders that life’s lessons often come from our shared experiences.   ◀ Back
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I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. But perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
- Winston S. Churchill
The Gathering Storm
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Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
- Markus Zusak
I Am the Messenger
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When we stake a claim to the needs and wants of our life, we may easily fail to live up to the standards of others. Empathy and connectedness, however, might bridge the gap, by stirring our consciousness of the sensitive queries and by assessing the intricate framework of our surroundings with their countless, prickly nitty-gritties. ("Absence of Desire")
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There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy... So long as we persist in this inborn error... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in things great and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of what is called disappointment.
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The Rainy Day

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ballads and Other Poems
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People who don’t construe their life and don’t frame their own tale, stay on the sidelines, remain only an act without a story and turn into an "empty box". Out-of-the-box thinking and inventiveness remains then merely wishfull thinking. ( "Everybody his story" )
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When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. (“Is that all there is?”)
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In contrast, the gratification and education received from Sanjit’s classes is slow burning, personal, and in a changing world allegedly becoming more attuned to and obsessed with requiring that money spent – especially on education – must yield tangible results, what many would view as a paradoxical dynamic nevertheless persists there, near Park Circus, Kolkata. No grades, no forced accountability, all voluntary learning.
- Colin Phelan
The Local School
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Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.
- Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire
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His words are like the sound of a needle dragging across a record. A sinking, sickening feeling washes over me. This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So, when the whole things spills, you aren't as devastated.
- Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed
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Life should be a risk. It's more than a straight line that you can see clearly from one point to the other. It dips and curves and you never know what's around the bend sometimes until you get there. That scares a lot of people. But that's the beauty of it.
- Katie Kacvinsky
Awaken
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Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making
- Reba McEntire
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Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour
Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
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...In books there's always somebody standing by ready to say hey, the world's in danger, evil's on the rise, but if you're really quick and take this ring and put it in that volcano over there everything will be fine.

"But in real life that guy never turns up. He's never there. He's busy handing out advice in the next universe over. In our world no one ever knows what to do, and everyone's just as clueless and full of crap as everyone else, and you have to figure it all out by yourself. And even after you've figured it out and done it, you'll never know whether you were right or wrong. You'll never know if you put the ring in the right volcano, or if things might have gone better if you hadn't. There's no answers in the back of the book.
- Lev Grossman
The Magician's Land
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The meaning of life is that it stops.
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Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
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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!
- Connie Willis
Passage
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There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
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Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.
- Jo Nesbo
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No one here gets out alive.
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After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.
- E.B. White
Charlotte’s Web
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What do you most value in your friends?
Their continued existence.
- Christopher Hitchens
Hitch 22: A Memoir
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Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.
- Shaun David Hutchinson
We Are the Ants
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Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.
- Jim Butcher
Dead Beat
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I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. But perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
- Winston S. Churchill
The Gathering Storm
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Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
- Markus Zusak
I Am the Messenger
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When we stake a claim to the needs and wants of our life, we may easily fail to live up to the standards of others. Empathy and connectedness, however, might bridge the gap, by stirring our consciousness of the sensitive queries and by assessing the intricate framework of our surroundings with their countless, prickly nitty-gritties. ("Absence of Desire")
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy... So long as we persist in this inborn error... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in things great and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of what is called disappointment.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The Rainy Day

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ballads and Other Poems
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
People who don’t construe their life and don’t frame their own tale, stay on the sidelines, remain only an act without a story and turn into an "empty box". Out-of-the-box thinking and inventiveness remains then merely wishfull thinking. ( "Everybody his story" )
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. (“Is that all there is?”)
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In contrast, the gratification and education received from Sanjit’s classes is slow burning, personal, and in a changing world allegedly becoming more attuned to and obsessed with requiring that money spent – especially on education – must yield tangible results, what many would view as a paradoxical dynamic nevertheless persists there, near Park Circus, Kolkata. No grades, no forced accountability, all voluntary learning.
- Colin Phelan
The Local School
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.
- Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
His words are like the sound of a needle dragging across a record. A sinking, sickening feeling washes over me. This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So, when the whole things spills, you aren't as devastated.
- Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life should be a risk. It's more than a straight line that you can see clearly from one point to the other. It dips and curves and you never know what's around the bend sometimes until you get there. That scares a lot of people. But that's the beauty of it.
- Katie Kacvinsky
Awaken
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Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making
- Reba McEntire
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour
Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
...In books there's always somebody standing by ready to say hey, the world's in danger, evil's on the rise, but if you're really quick and take this ring and put it in that volcano over there everything will be fine.

"But in real life that guy never turns up. He's never there. He's busy handing out advice in the next universe over. In our world no one ever knows what to do, and everyone's just as clueless and full of crap as everyone else, and you have to figure it all out by yourself. And even after you've figured it out and done it, you'll never know whether you were right or wrong. You'll never know if you put the ring in the right volcano, or if things might have gone better if you hadn't. There's no answers in the back of the book.
- Lev Grossman
The Magician's Land
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The meaning of life is that it stops.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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!
- Connie Willis
Passage
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.
- Jo Nesbo
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No one here gets out alive.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.
- E.B. White
Charlotte’s Web
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What do you most value in your friends?
Their continued existence.
- Christopher Hitchens
Hitch 22: A Memoir
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Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.
- Shaun David Hutchinson
We Are the Ants
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Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.
- Jim Butcher
Dead Beat
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. But perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
- Winston S. Churchill
The Gathering Storm
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
- Markus Zusak
I Am the Messenger
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When we stake a claim to the needs and wants of our life, we may easily fail to live up to the standards of others. Empathy and connectedness, however, might bridge the gap, by stirring our consciousness of the sensitive queries and by assessing the intricate framework of our surroundings with their countless, prickly nitty-gritties. ("Absence of Desire")
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy... So long as we persist in this inborn error... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in things great and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of what is called disappointment.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The Rainy Day

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ballads and Other Poems
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
People who don’t construe their life and don’t frame their own tale, stay on the sidelines, remain only an act without a story and turn into an "empty box". Out-of-the-box thinking and inventiveness remains then merely wishfull thinking. ( "Everybody his story" )
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. (“Is that all there is?”)
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In contrast, the gratification and education received from Sanjit’s classes is slow burning, personal, and in a changing world allegedly becoming more attuned to and obsessed with requiring that money spent – especially on education – must yield tangible results, what many would view as a paradoxical dynamic nevertheless persists there, near Park Circus, Kolkata. No grades, no forced accountability, all voluntary learning.
- Colin Phelan
The Local School
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.
- Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
His words are like the sound of a needle dragging across a record. A sinking, sickening feeling washes over me. This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So, when the whole things spills, you aren't as devastated.
- Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life should be a risk. It's more than a straight line that you can see clearly from one point to the other. It dips and curves and you never know what's around the bend sometimes until you get there. That scares a lot of people. But that's the beauty of it.
- Katie Kacvinsky
Awaken
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making
- Reba McEntire
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour
Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
...In books there's always somebody standing by ready to say hey, the world's in danger, evil's on the rise, but if you're really quick and take this ring and put it in that volcano over there everything will be fine.

"But in real life that guy never turns up. He's never there. He's busy handing out advice in the next universe over. In our world no one ever knows what to do, and everyone's just as clueless and full of crap as everyone else, and you have to figure it all out by yourself. And even after you've figured it out and done it, you'll never know whether you were right or wrong. You'll never know if you put the ring in the right volcano, or if things might have gone better if you hadn't. There's no answers in the back of the book.
- Lev Grossman
The Magician's Land
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The meaning of life is that it stops.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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!
- Connie Willis
Passage
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.
- Jo Nesbo
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No one here gets out alive.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.
- E.B. White
Charlotte’s Web
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What do you most value in your friends?
Their continued existence.
- Christopher Hitchens
Hitch 22: A Memoir
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.
- Shaun David Hutchinson
We Are the Ants
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.
- Jim Butcher
Dead Beat
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