#ow

There is a certain animal vitality in most of us which carries us through any trouble but the absolutely overwhelming. Only a fool has no sorrow, only an idiot has no grief - but then only a fool and an idiot will let grief and sorrow ride him down into the grave. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#life #sorrow #life

Everything you want in life is just one step away; all you have to do is decide in which direction to step. ↗

— Unknoown

#life #life

The meaning of life is life itself. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#life

I wouldn't want to live that life. I choose the pain. I chose the pain. ↗

— Suzanne Palmieri-Hayes

#decisions #knowing #life #love #life

Now you are walking in Paris all alone in the crowd As herds of bellowing buses drive by Love's anguish tightens your throat As if you were never to be loved again If you lived in the old days you would enter a monastery You are ashamed when you discover yourself reciting a prayer You make fun of yourself and like the fire of Hell your laughter crackles The sparks of your laugh gild the depths of your life It's a painting hanging in a dark museum And sometimes you go and look at it close up ↗

— Guillaume Apollinaire

#city #crowd #laughing #laughter #love

Don’t live in the past – you’ve already been there. And don’t live in the future, either. Tomorrow will be here soon enough. Live in this moment now – it is sacred and unrepeatable. This moment alone holds valuable gifts that should not be missed. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#life #live #moment #now #past

Anna... the night of the summit, when you were saved, it was the only time in my life I've thenked God for anything" Those words. They would melt me over and over for all time ↗

— Wendy Higgins

#kaidan-rowe #sweet-evil #sweet-peril #wendy-higgins #life

My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize. ↗

— Mike Honda

#during #family #ii #japanese #my own

You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#love

I wish I could say I’m low maintenance, but I like some of the finer things in life…like a toothbrush. ↗

— M.A. George

#low-maintenance #paranormal-romance #sarcastic-humor #the-finer-things-in-life #life