Life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy, that was woman’s lot. It was a man’s world, and she accepted...

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed. 

It’s normal for us to become unhappy for a while due to how circumstances in life treat us, but it is ungodly for us to be ungrateful for these circumstances that make us unhappy!

To know the world, know yourself.

But,instead of what our imagination makes us suppose and which we worthless try to discover,life gives us something that we could hardly imagine.

You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.

I have bread, water, and love—what more can a man ask for? How about pasta, wine, and sex.

Sometimes I come up here at night, even when I’m not fixing the clocks, just to look at the city. I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never...

Go on, glare your eyes at me, and cry and plead, and talk tome about money and what it can buy. But it can’t buy back a child once he’s dead!

And what he meant was that maths wasn’t like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end

Life is a walk through the forest. Don’t fear the trees; fear what lurks behind them.

Perhaps after all, for all our talk of change, redemption or personal growth, for all our dependence on therapists, religious faith or mood-altering drugs both legal and non, we’re doomed simply to go on repeating...

The best things to hold on to are the memories of friendship and love.

why are trying so hard to fit in, when you’re born to stand out

One who is seeking the truth sooner or later finds a woman.

The right things to do aren’t always the easiest actions to take. But we must push ourselves to do them, because without them life would forever seem empty or meaningless.

I choose because I can.. I have options in life and the ability to choose, but that choice determines my future, the next. However I decide…it’s my choice.

Extra miles, extensive preparation and exhaustive efforts usually show astonishing results.

The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.

Poetry is more than a form of art. It’s a vibration and a pulsing heart. Whether it’s sour or whether it’s sweet. It can give you strength no one can defeat

I find out a lot about myself by sleeping. Dreams, they are who I am when I’m too tired to be me.

Define yourself before someone does it for you.

[Aunt] Patricia smiled, and we walked in silence for a while. But it wasn’t a poisonous silence. It was the sort of silence shared by two people who’re comfortable enough not to force a conversation...

Solitude led to retrospective thinking, and if the past is what you are trying to get away from, then constant distractions in the present are needed.

True Love denied or rejected is as deadly as a nuclear missile to the soul

In the grand scheme of life, nobody grows old keeping their soul unblemished.

Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.

The human heart is my territory. I write about love because it’s the most important thing in the world. I write about sex because often it feels like the most important thing in the world.

Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and don’t care to know any more.

To change your life, have a new thought and act on it, don’t dwell in the past.

Think and feel yourself there! To achieve any aim in life, you need to project the end-result. Think of the elation, the satisfaction, the joy! Carrying the ecstatic feeling will bring the desired goal into...

Stop breathing and start living.

Life itself is simple…it’s just not easy.

When you compromise your life, you compromise unhappiness.

Smiles are a funny thingand laughter is hilarious.I smile sometimeswhen I am delirious.

There’s more to life than love.

I’ve gone through a lot of stuff in my life,

The sign of a true Guardian is to guide a child with integrity and to leave the student with the wisdom of choice.

What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He’s a loser—that’s why he’s number two.

Marafiki zako wa mwanzo ni wazuri kuliko wote.

You live and let live, eventually that becomes enough.

When it’s over no one cares what you did

That’s what I learned. I learned I couldn’t shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful.

Running after the money and the honey makes the life stunningly funny.

The organist was almost at the end of the anthem’s long introduction, and as the crescendo increases the cathedral began to glitter before my eyes until I felt as if every stone in the building...

Be determined enough to live for your dreams.

There’s cat feces in my Batman costume, and all the lines in my screenplay were snorted by the neighborhood cokehead. Ah, but that’s life, no?

Maybe this is the point: to embrace the core sadness of life without toppling headlong into it, or assuming it will define your days.

Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn’t even know existed.

The cane leaves a mark on your flesh for a few hours, a day or two. The good answers to the questions leave a mark on your brain for many years, sometimes even for life,”...