--- title: "12 Life Consisted Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Life Consisted quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Life Consisted sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/kevin-canty-58157_adult-life_it-was-interesting-how-much-of-adult-lif_2240611.jpg" --- > [“It was interesting, how much of adult life consisted of pretending.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-canty/it-was-interesting-how-much-of-adult-life-consisted-of-pretending/) [Kevin Canty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-canty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/kevin-canty-58157_adult-life_it-was-interesting-how-much-of-adult-lif_2240611.jpg) > [My whole life has consisted of overcoming the odds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liv-morgan/my-whole-life-has-consisted-of-overcoming-the-odds/) [Liv Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liv-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/liv-morgan-6475_life_my-whole-life-has-consisted-of-overcomin_712343.jpg) > [It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lethem/it-was-often-this-way-life-consisted-of-a-series-of-false-beginnings/) [Jonathan Lethem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lethem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/jonathan-lethem-1403_beginnings_it-was-often-this-way-life-consisted-of_7474.png) > [..and certain that life consisted of a few simple signals and decisions; that death took root at the moment of birth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/and-certain-that-life-consisted-of-a-few-simple-signals-and-decisions/) [Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/yukio-mishima-1418_being-a-father_and-certain-that-life-consisted-of-a-few_2532665.jpg) > [As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/as-an-adolescent-i-was-convinced-that-france-would-have-to-go-through/) [Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/charles-de-gaulle-2714_france_as-an-adolescent-i-was-convinced-that-fr_471975.jpg) > [Wildness had never been a part of her life. Home, work, home, work. That's all her life had consisted of, really. She'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/wildness-had-never-been-a-part-of-her-life-home-work-home-work-that-s/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/gena-showalter-541_glad_wildness-had-never-been-a-part-of-her-li_1838079.jpg) > [“A story is nothing more than a reproduction of the order of the world on a purely verbal scale. A replica of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricardo-piglia/a-story-is-nothing-more-than-a-reproduction-of-the-order-of-the-world/) [Ricardo Piglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricardo-piglia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/ricardo-piglia-28791_life_a-story-is-nothing-more-than-a-reproduct_1688473.jpg) > [“But it wasn't just the distance. It was what had happened to me since these days, those endless, quiet days when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-holeman/but-it-wasn-t-just-the-distance-it-was-what-had-happened-to-me-since/) [Linda Holeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-holeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/linda-holeman-65667_life_but-it-wasn-t-just-the-distance-it-was-w_309737.jpg) > [Despite her apparent freedom, her life consisted of endless hours spent waiting for a miracle, for true love, for an adventure with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/despite-her-apparent-freedom-her-life-consisted-of-endless-hours-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/paulo-coelho-10_books_despite-her-apparent-freedom-her-life-co_2720139.jpg) > [The years... when I pursued the inner images were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-years-when-i-pursued-the-inner-images-were-the-most-important/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/anonymous-1_break_the-years-when-i-pursued-the-inner-image_2811419.jpg) > [After a day on Mykines, I changed my mind about life not going on. A sort of life was going on, beating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-millman/after-a-day-on-mykines-i-changed-my-mind-about-life-not-going-on-a/) [Lawrence Millman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-millman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/lawrence-millman-43541_changed_after-a-day-on-mykines-i-changed-my-mind_1362022.jpg) > [Children of her type contrive the purest philosophies. Ada had worked out her own little system. Hardly a week had elapsed since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hussein-nishah/children-of-her-type-contrive-the-purest-philosophies-ada-had-worked-2/) [Hussein Nishah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hussein-nishah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/hussein-nishah-292_children_children-of-her-type-contrive-the-purest_2476463.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-consisted/#itemlist", "name": "Life Consisted Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was interesting, how much of adult life consisted of pretending.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Canty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-canty/it-was-interesting-how-much-of-adult-life-consisted-of-pretending/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/kevin-canty-58157_adult-life_it-was-interesting-how-much-of-adult-lif_2240611.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/kevin-canty-58157_adult-life_it-was-interesting-how-much-of-adult-lif_2240611.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/kevin-canty-58157_adult-life_it-was-interesting-how-much-of-adult-lif_2240611.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was interesting, how much of adult life consisted of pretending.” — Kevin Canty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My whole life has consisted of overcoming the odds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liv Morgan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liv-morgan/my-whole-life-has-consisted-of-overcoming-the-odds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/liv-morgan-6475_life_my-whole-life-has-consisted-of-overcomin_712343.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/liv-morgan-6475_life_my-whole-life-has-consisted-of-overcomin_712343.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/liv-morgan-6475_life_my-whole-life-has-consisted-of-overcomin_712343.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My whole life has consisted of overcoming the odds.” — Liv Morgan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Lethem" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lethem/it-was-often-this-way-life-consisted-of-a-series-of-false-beginnings/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/jonathan-lethem-1403_beginnings_it-was-often-this-way-life-consisted-of_7474.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/jonathan-lethem-1403_beginnings_it-was-often-this-way-life-consisted-of_7474.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/jonathan-lethem-1403_beginnings_it-was-often-this-way-life-consisted-of_7474.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to…” — Jonathan Lethem", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "..and certain that life consisted of a few simple signals and decisions; 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Everything else is to be derived from this. It began at that time, and the later details hardly matter anymore. My entire life consisted in elaborating what had burst forth from the unconscious and flooded me like an enigmatic stream and threatened to break me. That was the stuff and material for more than only one life. Everything later was merely the outer classification, the scientific elaboration, and the integration into life. 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