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title: "8 Alive Really Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Alive Really quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Alive Really sayings and thoughts."
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> [To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/to-my-mind-keep-yourself-alive-was-never-really-satisfactory-never/)

[Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/brian-may-8348_alive_to-my-mind-keep-yourself-alive-was-never_338623.jpg)

> [Paying attention to my breath makes me happy to be alive. And that really grounds me during a performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessie-reyez/paying-attention-to-my-breath-makes-me-happy-to-be-alive-and-that/)

[Jessie Reyez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessie-reyez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/jessie-reyez-7134_alive_paying-attention-to-my-breath-makes-me-h_774726.jpg)

> [When a book is alive, really alive, you feel it. You put it to your ear here, and you feel it breathe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-galeano/when-a-book-is-alive-really-alive-you-feel-it-you-put-it-to-your-ear/)

[Eduardo Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-galeano/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/eduardo-galeano-1015_alive_when-a-book-is-alive-really-alive-you-fe_1829132.png)

> [Saying she doesn't mind being alone...that she's alright... There isn't a person alive who'd really feel that way!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natsuki-takaya/saying-she-doesn-t-mind-being-alone-that-she-s-alright-there-isn-t-a/)

[Natsuki Takaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natsuki-takaya/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/natsuki-takaya-2962_alive_saying-she-doesn-t-mind-being-alone-that_1950958.png)

> [What makes me fully alive is anything. Really just being alive is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/what-makes-me-fully-alive-is-anything-really-just-being-alive-is/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/robert-thurman-9409_alive_what-makes-me-fully-alive-is-anything-re_2180937.jpg)

> [I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/i-m-grateful-to-be-alive-because-i-really-did-not-think-i-was-going/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/sharon-jones-8033_alive_i-m-grateful-to-be-alive-because-i-reall_2239378.jpg)

> [“He had become the sky around the sun – alive, but not really there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-h-krueger/he-had-become-the-sky-around-the-sun-alive-but-not-really-there/)

[Carla H Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-h-krueger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/carla-h-krueger-18758_alive_he-had-become-the-sky-around-the-sun-ali_2638529.jpg)

> [“I'm alive,' said Shadow. 'I'm not dead. Remember?' 'You're not dead,' Laura said. 'But I'm not sure you're alive, either. Not really.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-alive-said-shadow-i-m-not-dead-remember-you-re-not-dead-laura/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/neil-gaiman-29_alive-said_i-m-alive-said-shadow-i-m-not-dead-remem_2877031.jpg)

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