They lived their lives only for the hour that lay ahead of…

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is…

— Annie Dillard

I have said it somewhere - our literary lived lives are as important as our literally lived lives.

— Claire Messud

“We'd lived our lives thinking that there was a special way of living for people who had been discarded.”

— Tetsuo Miura

“Whatever lay ahead, he was glad to be alive.”

— Stephen King

The whole summer lay ahead of us-time to rest, time to wait. And when the future comes-no matter what comes with it-I'll be smarter.…

— Ally Carter

He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead.

— Erin Hunter

“He ran knowing the best water lay ahead.”

— Christopher Meeks

For years I thought my work still lay ahead, and now I find it is behind me: there was no moment when it took…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“We can but have Faith, for though we can not see beyond our own noses, God always knows what lay ahead.”

— Caleb Peiffer

“Except for the primitive markers of day and night, time lay ahead of me in continuous, undefined mass.”

— Alice Steinbach

“We succeeded in taking that picture from deep space, and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s…

— Carl Sagan

“Whether you realize it or not, you have lived many lives, and each one has left an indelible mark on your soul.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Even if he didn't live his story, enough of us have lived lives just like it. So it's true anyway.”

— Ally Condie

“What a pity it is that we've lived the lives that we've lived.”

— Katherine Ewell

We lived our lives as if life was forever. To live one's life without a sense of time is to squander it.

— Diana Trilling