--- title: "1 People Vacations Quotes By Jack Gilbert" description: "1 People Vacations quotes by Jack Gilbert. Plus more from Jack Gilbert and more People Vacations sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/jack-gilbert-10996_alive_being-alive-is-so-extraordinary-i-don-t_3057474.jpg" --- > [Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built on. People miss so much because they want money and comfort and pride, a house and a job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/being-alive-is-so-extraordinary-i-don-t-know-why-people-limit-it-to/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/jack-gilbert-10996_alive_being-alive-is-so-extraordinary-i-don-t_3057474.jpg) ## More by Jack Gilbert > [I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn't think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don't have many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/i-had-lived-all-of-my-youthful-dreams-but-i-couldn-t-think-of-many/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/i-dream-of-lost-vocabularies-that-might-express-some-of-what-we-no/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/why-do-so-manysettle-for-so-little-i-don-t-understand-why-they-re-not/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [Suddenly this defeat. This rain. The blues gone gray And the browns gone gray And yellow A terrible amber. In the cold streets Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/suddenly-this-defeat-this-rain-the-blues-gone-gray-and-the-browns/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [“A DESCRIPTION OF HAPPINESS IN KOBENHAVN All this windless day snow fell into the King's Garden where I walked, perfecting and growing old, abandoning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/a-description-of-happiness-in-kobenhavn-all-this-windless-day-snow/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and began to hear the water, he said, 'What is the sound of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/when-i-was-walking-in-the-mountains-with-the-japanese-man-and-began/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/i-m-vain-enough-to-think-that-i-ve-made-a-successful-life-i-ve-had/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [“There was no water at my grandfather’s when I was a kid and would go for it with two zinc buckets. Down the path,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/there-was-no-water-at-my-grandfather-s-when-i-was-a-kid-and-would-go/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [“Failing and Flying" Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It's the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/failing-and-flying-everyone-forgets-that-icarus-also-flew-it-s-the/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [“Horses At Midnight Without A Moon" Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/horses-at-midnight-without-a-moon-our-heart-wanders-lost-in-the-dark/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [“Imagine if suffering were real. Imagine if those old people were afraid of death. What if the midget or the girl with one arm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/imagine-if-suffering-were-real-imagine-if-those-old-people-were/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [The heart lies to itself because it must.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/the-heart-lies-to-itself-because-it-must/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [“ A Brief for the Defense Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With flies in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/a-brief-for-the-defense-sorrow-everywhere-slaughter-everywhere-if/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a rowboat comes slowly out and then goes back is truly worth all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/to-hear-the-faint-sound-of-oars-in-the-silence-as-a-rowboat-comes/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) > [“Naked Except for the Jewelry” “And,” she said, “you must talk no more about ecstasy. It is loneliness.” The woman wandered about picking up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/naked-except-for-the-jewelry-and-she-said-you-must-talk-no-more-about/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-vacations/jack-gilbert/#itemlist", "name": "1 People Vacations Quotes By Jack Gilbert", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built on. People miss so much because they want money and comfort and pride, a house and a job to pay for the house. And they have to get a car. You can’t see anything from a car. It’s moving too fast. People take vacations. That’s their reward—the vacation. 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