“Reading is air in my lungs, fire in my blood, company in my thoughts.” — Mala Naidoo Copy Share Image
“Egypt is a fertile valley of rich river soil, low-lying, warm, monotonous, a slow-flowing river, and beyond the limitless desert. Greece is… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
“There must be more than distant hopes to sustain the joy of life. Seize” — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“When we were alive, they told us that when we died we'd go to heaven. And they said that heaven was a… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“And of course she enjoyed life immensely. It was her nature to enjoy. Anyhow there was no bitterness in her; none of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“The only thing that matters is we are here to live our lives.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Those who make compassion an essential part of their lives find the joy of life. Kindness deepens the spirit and produces rewards… — Robert J. Furey Copy Share Image
I do not think it is logical to try and outsmart the smartest people. Instead, my weapons are irony and paradox. The… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
The voice in your head also creates a huge amount of problems that aren't really problems. They're just things that haven't happened… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I agree to the fight. The award, which is getting for these hardships, it is exorbitantly large. It is the joy of… — Jerzy Kukuczka Copy Share Image
“The joy of life, the innocence of beauty, the purity of nature – all of it instantly destroyed by the cowardly pulling… — James J. Caterino Copy Share Image
A woman in the audience asked [Barack] Obama about her mother. Her mother was 101 years old and was in need of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“When we were alive, they told us that when we died we'd go to heaven. And they said that heaven was a… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I hate above all things a cross man. What right has he to murder the sunshine of a day? What right has… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I will appoint captains to rule my cities, for it is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
[Comedies], in the ancient world, were regarded as of a higher rank than tragedy, of a deeper truth, of a more difficult… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“Most dramatically, the Bridge served as an agonizing or exhilarating psychological symbol for the more than 1.2 million servicemen and women who… — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image