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title: "22 Lives Lead Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Lives Lead quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Lives Lead sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Lies aren't just the things we tell -- they're the lives we lead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-carter/lies-aren-t-just-the-things-we-tell-they-re-the-lives-we-lead/)

[Ally Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-carter/)

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> [“Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-wells/sometimes-i-wonder-if-any-of-us-are-cut-out-for-the-lives-we-lead/)

[Rebecca Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-wells/)

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> [We're all reflections of the lives we lead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaimoe/we-re-all-reflections-of-the-lives-we-lead/)

[Jaimoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaimoe/)

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> [The choices we make, dictate the lives we lead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-choices-we-make-dictate-the-lives-we-lead/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [the lives we lead are determined, for better and worse, by our loss experiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-viorst/the-lives-we-lead-are-determined-for-better-and-worse-by-our-loss/)

[Judith Viorst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-viorst/)

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> [Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/some-people-never-go-crazy-what-truly-horrible-lives-they-must-lead-2/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/charles-bukowski-73_quote_some-people-never-go-crazy-what-truly-ho_974342.jpg)

> [Behind the contained and orderly lives we lead as members of the respectable middle class there's a terrible human capacity that may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-trilling/behind-the-contained-and-orderly-lives-we-lead-as-members-of-the/)

[Diana Trilling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-trilling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/diana-trilling-27127_behinds_behind-the-contained-and-orderly-lives-w_972604.png)

> [People are shaped in myriad ways by their upbringing and family. We also have agency in our lives, the people we become,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesa-boudin/people-are-shaped-in-myriad-ways-by-their-upbringing-and-family-we/)

[Chesa Boudin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesa-boudin/)

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> [“Some people us language to describe the lives they lead, and other people use language to create the lives they lead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-chandler/some-people-us-language-to-describe-the-lives-they-lead-and-other/)

[Steve Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-chandler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/steve-chandler-11592_depression_some-people-us-language-to-describe-the_2315446.jpg)

> [Someone once wrote that in between the lives we lead and the lives we fantasize about living is the place in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/someone-once-wrote-that-in-between-the-lives-we-lead-and-the-lives-we/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/kim-gordon-4178_life_someone-once-wrote-that-in-between-the-l_1770890.png)

> [People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-pay-for-what-they-do-and-still-more-for-what-they-have-allowed/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/anonymous-1_pay_people-pay-for-what-they-do-and-still-mo_383284.jpg)

> [“People pay for that they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And the pay for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/people-pay-for-that-they-do-and-still-more-for-what-they-have-allowed/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

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> [“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. My ambition is handicapped by laziness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/some-people-never-go-crazy-what-truly-horrible-lives-they-must-lead/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/charles-bukowski-73_ambition_some-people-never-go-crazy-what-truly-ho_683185.jpg)

> [“The second point is that the lives we lead are much more automated than we imagine—or like to concede—and that this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/the-second-point-is-that-the-lives-we-lead-are-much-more-automated/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/david-disalvo-3662_good-thing_the-second-point-is-that-the-lives-we-le_1446267.jpg)

> [“There are things that are brought into our lives to lead us back to the true path of our Personal Legend. Other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/there-are-things-that-are-brought-into-our-lives-to-lead-us-back-to/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/paulo-coelho-10_personal-legend_there-are-things-that-are-brought-into-o_2666634.jpg)

> [Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/even-if-society-dictates-that-men-and-women-should-behave-in-certain/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in physical or mental forms, tingeing all future lives together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/our-lives-as-we-lead-them-as-passed-on-to-others-whether-in-physical/)

[Luther Burbank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-burbank/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/luther-burbank-8576_enough_our-lives-as-we-lead-them-as-passed-on-t_309025.jpg)

> [People who are involved in self-discovery lead different types of lives. The lives they lead are not necessarily the lives of renunciation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/people-who-are-involved-in-self-discovery-lead-different-types-of/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_people-who-are-involved-in-self-discover_1038812.jpg)

> [“We love our children, but we cannot live their lives for them. We cannot lead them.” Kelta patted her wrist. “We must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-j-murphy/we-love-our-children-but-we-cannot-live-their-lives-for-them-we/)

[Amy J. Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-j-murphy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/amy-j-murphy-65517_children_we-love-our-children-but-we-cannot-live_419444.jpg)

> [When we all depart from this Earth and meet our Maker, hopefully, we're going to be responsible for the lives that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-roumie/when-we-all-depart-from-this-earth-and-meet-our-maker-hopefully-we-re/)

[Jonathan Roumie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-roumie/)

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> [Things have changed very much, several times, since I grew up, and, like everyone in New York except the intellectuals, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renata-adler/things-have-changed-very-much-several-times-since-i-grew-up-and-like/)

[Renata Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renata-adler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/renata-adler-9400_changed_things-have-changed-very-much-several-ti_288520.jpg)

> [Honoring George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown Jr., and too many other Black people taken from our communities by state violence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cori-bush/honoring-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-michael-brown-jr-and-too-many/)

[Cori Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cori-bush/)

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