I am alive because I know how to love love.

Poetry holds the knowledge that we are alive and that we know we're going to die,

— Marie Howe

I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.

— David Johansen

“Hope is alive when u know your anchor”

— Ikechukwu Joseph

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

You don't know what you're alive for until you know what you would die for.

— Anonymous

“Why do I read? To know that I am alive. To know that hope and humanity exist in the world. To remember that some…

— Gea Haff

“I'm awake, I'm alive, now I know what I believe inside, now its my time, I'll do what I want, cause this is my…

— skillet

You don't know what your Alive for until you know what you would die for.

— Tynee Williams

I am not even alive enough to know how to kill myself

— Primo Levi

I don't know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your…

— Toni Morrison

While he is alive, you may know a person; when he is dead, keep yourself quiet.

— Vikrant Parsai

To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens…

— Edna Ferber

If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music].

— Michael Tilson Thomas

You dont know what you're alive for until you know what you would die for.

— Richie

Dear God, if you were alive, you know we'd kill you.

— Marilyn Manson