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title: "10 Taste Life Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Taste Life quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Taste Life sayings and thoughts."
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> [We are meant to taste of life ... and drink the cup of it to the dregs, bitter and sweet alike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/we-are-meant-to-taste-of-life-and-drink-the-cup-of-it-to-the-dregs/)

[Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/jacqueline-carey-1938_bitter_we-are-meant-to-taste-of-life-and-drink_407997.png)

> [Theatre is a bastard form. I'm always proud of that. That's what makes it taste of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-farr/theatre-is-a-bastard-form-i-m-always-proud-of-that-that-s-what-makes/)

[David Farr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-farr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/david-farr-16748_always_theatre-is-a-bastard-form-i-m-always-pro_1517814.jpg)

> [“Having a ‘taste for life’ is about knowing its various flavours and awaiting the next meal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fennel-hudson/having-a-taste-for-life-is-about-knowing-its-various-flavours-and/)

[Fennel Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fennel-hudson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/fennel-hudson-9258_adventure_having-a-taste-for-life-is-about-knowing_2654561.jpg)

> [“No one other than yourself could have given you a greater taste for life than for death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douard-lev/no-one-other-than-yourself-could-have-given-you-a-greater-taste-for/)

[Édouard Levé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douard-lev/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/douard-lev-10437_death_no-one-other-than-yourself-could-have-gi_830115.jpg)

> [No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-man-enjoys-the-true-taste-of-life-but-he-who-is-ready-and-willing/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/anonymous-1_life_no-man-enjoys-the-true-taste-of-life-but_2623845.jpg)

> [“I can never go back on what I've written. If it was not good, it was true; if it was not artistic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/i-can-never-go-back-on-what-i-ve-written-if-it-was-not-good-it-was/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/henry-miller-179_bad-taste_i-can-never-go-back-on-what-i-ve-written_1186608.jpg)

> [“You make me want to taste life the way you do. You live with your heart wide-open, and give of yourself, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggi-myers/you-make-me-want-to-taste-life-the-way-you-do-you-live-with-your/)

[Maggi Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggi-myers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/maggi-myers-17643_inspiration_you-make-me-want-to-taste-life-the-way-y_1468314.jpg)

> [“The taste of your life depends on the spices you used to brew it. Add laziness to it and it becomes bitter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/the-taste-of-your-life-depends-on-the-spices-you-used-to-brew-it-add/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/israelmore-ayivor-79_attitude_the-taste-of-your-life-depends-on-the-sp_3029523.jpg)

> [“But everything good in this shit world is either by prescription, sold out, or so expensive you have to sell your soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/but-everything-good-in-this-shit-world-is-either-by-prescription-sold/)

[Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/jo-nesb-2258_food_but-everything-good-in-this-shit-world-i_1012732.jpg)

> [“No one wants to think about the very real fact that we could die at any time, that our lives are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-d-gordon/no-one-wants-to-think-about-the-very-real-fact-that-we-could-die-at/)

[H.D. Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-d-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/h-d-gordon-22301_every-day_no-one-wants-to-think-about-the-very-rea_2070283.jpg)

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