“While the Sun is setting, we realise that we have survived today as well and we thank to our mind, to our… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm alive," Mat said. "I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
“What terrified her most was the thought that staying alive had become nothing more than a habit. That was it. A reflex… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The real life… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“At the Hospital, everyone thinks about dying.And I'd never been much for romanticizing death-especially not suicide. I'd always been a fan of… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
Learning appears as a way of staying young, perhaps of staying alive, and also as a way of growing up, perhaps facing… — Richard Wollheim Copy Share Image
So in the end, was it worth it? Jesus Christ. How irreparably changed my life has become. It's always the last day… — George Jung Copy Share Image
They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs… — David Bornstein Copy Share Image
“Who knows when some version of our ancestors first crawled out of the ash and started jabbering at each other? Thirty thousand… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Do you understand the difference between dying for something and dying for nothing? The only reason I fought so hard to stay… — Jack Bauer Copy Share Image
“Energy and life go hand in hand. If you stop breathing, you will not be able to generate the energy you need… — Nick Lane Copy Share Image
“There is something heroic about a person in struggle with herself, strained on the rack of conscience, suffering torments, yet staying alive… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Dictators are not strategists in the way I normally use that term. All the dictator cares about is survival. That means constantly… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given… — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
“Taylor clapped her hands three times for attention. "Ladies! Ladies! My stars! That's enough. Now. We all know Miss Arkansas's girls are… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
I want to cover all areas that can be depicted visually. This ranges from fairytales to attempts to enter the abstract and… — Gunter Brus Copy Share Image
Someone once defined humor as a way to keep from killing yourself. I keep my sense of humor and I stay alive. — Abe Burrows Copy Share Image
“Surviving is a basic thing. Getting by. Staying alive in whatever way we can. It doesn't mean we make right choices or… — Carolyn Wall Copy Share Image
As a survival-happy species, our successes are calculated in the number of years we have extended our lives, with the reduction of… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
