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title: "18 Telling Life Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Telling Life quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Telling Life sayings and thoughts."
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> [Telling my whole life with his words. Killing me softly with his song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberta-flack/telling-my-whole-life-with-his-words-killing-me-softly-with-his-song/)

[Roberta Flack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberta-flack/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/roberta-flack-13531_life_telling-my-whole-life-with-his-words-kil_2955548.jpg)

> [Now, son, I'm only telling you this because... life can do terrible things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mayday-parade/now-son-i-m-only-telling-you-this-because-life-can-do-terrible-things/)

[Mayday Parade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mayday-parade/)

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> [“He was doing what a man does when left with nothing. He was telling himself his own life story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/he-was-doing-what-a-man-does-when-left-with-nothing-he-was-telling/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/mitch-albom-187_life-story_he-was-doing-what-a-man-does-when-left-w_1719155.png)

> [“If we keep telling that life is unfair but do nothing serious about it, then life will forever continue to remain unfair!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/if-we-keep-telling-that-life-is-unfair-but-do-nothing-serious-about/)

[Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [“He had a picture in his mind of Studs Lonigan courageously telling life and the world to stick itself up it's old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/he-had-a-picture-in-his-mind-of-studs-lonigan-courageously-telling/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/james-t-farrell-27467_doomed_he-had-a-picture-in-his-mind-of-studs-lo_2449370.jpg)

> [Bullying is just a way of telling me that you have no life!!!...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/bullying-is-just-a-way-of-telling-me-that-you-have-no-life/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/anonymous-1_bullying_bullying-is-just-a-way-of-telling-me-tha_3013144.jpg)

> [Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mosley/comic-books-were-telling-me-what-life-was-about-this-was-how-i-kind/)

[Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mosley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/walter-mosley-2810_book_comic-books-were-telling-me-what-life-wa_641727.png)

> [“It's always the most beautiful people who go around telling everyone else that life doesn't have to be so hard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mallory-arnold/it-s-always-the-most-beautiful-people-who-go-around-telling-everyone/)

[Mallory Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mallory-arnold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/mallory-arnold-110519_beautiful_it-s-always-the-most-beautiful-people-wh_3046828.jpg)

> [“Sometimes I feel like relationships consist of telling your same life stories to different people until someone finally appreciates them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-rockland/sometimes-i-feel-like-relationships-consist-of-telling-your-same-life/)

[Kate Rockland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-rockland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/kate-rockland-47782_appreciates_sometimes-i-feel-like-relationships-cons_2921717.jpg)

> [The narrative of our lives is a total construct. We get to choose what that is. That is something I've realized as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-segel/the-narrative-of-our-lives-is-a-total-construct-we-get-to-choose-what/)

[Jason Segel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-segel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/jason-segel-11757_choices_the-narrative-of-our-lives-is-a-total-co_2868615.jpg)

> [Some of the life lessons that my mom has taught me is that the road is not for the fastest or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buddy-hield/some-of-the-life-lessons-that-my-mom-has-taught-me-is-that-the-road/)

[Buddy Hield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buddy-hield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/buddy-hield-28211_end_some-of-the-life-lessons-that-my-mom-has_3214343.jpg)

> [“With each new carving, he spoke out loud. He was doing what man does when left with nothing. He was telling himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/with-each-new-carving-he-spoke-out-loud-he-was-doing-what-man-does/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/mitch-albom-187_carving_with-each-new-carving-he-spoke-out-loud_1740476.png)

> [Each of us chooses the tone for telling his or her own story. I would like to choose the durable clarity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/each-of-us-chooses-the-tone-for-telling-his-or-her-own-story-i-would/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/isabel-allende-266_clarity_each-of-us-chooses-the-tone-for-telling_289723.jpg)

> [People need to understand that what happens in people's homes and behind closed doors, unless you were there, you really shouldn't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlize-theron/people-need-to-understand-that-what-happens-in-people-s-homes-and/)

[Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlize-theron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/charlize-theron-1430_analogies_people-need-to-understand-that-what-happ_1657919.jpg)

> [Life sucks Don't deny it If you do all you're is a filthy liar and you darn right know it People die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theshadowofhell/life-sucks-don-t-deny-it-if-you-do-all-you-re-is-a-filthy-liar-and/)

[TheShadowOfhell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theshadowofhell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/theshadowofhell-24859_death_life-sucks-don-t-deny-it-if-you-do-all-y_1511360.jpg)

> [“But things like the world-inside-this-one are too big to hold in your head by yourself. You need someone to remind you, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/but-things-like-the-world-inside-this-one-are-too-big-to-hold-in-your/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/paul-murray-12593_life_but-things-like-the-world-inside-this-on_2256012.jpg)

> [“Out of respect for the love of liberty shown by the Chinese people, and also in the belief that the future of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/out-of-respect-for-the-love-of-liberty-shown-by-the-chinese-people-2/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/aravind-adiga-4424_american-business_out-of-respect-for-the-love-of-liberty-s_2578305.jpg)

> [I'm shocked at the number of people telling me to get a life. I mean, who told them that I don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-saluja/i-m-shocked-at-the-number-of-people-telling-me-to-get-a-life-i-mean/)

[Nikhil Saluja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-saluja/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/nikhil-saluja-26_life_i-m-shocked-at-the-number-of-people-tell_303577.jpg)

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                        "text": "Life sucks Don't deny it If you do all you're is a filthy liar and you darn right know it People die Noone gives a fuck People are starving Homless are on the street they sleep in the allies or on the benches They pretend to live a normal life We become blind Noone even notices Life sucks No mater how much you try to deny it It's darn right true Stop telling me LIFE IS GREAT stop saying that's how it is stop saying MY LIFES BETTER THEN YOURS it's only because you are an emotional little girl Stop being so f****ing optimistic Pessinmism is what we need I hear people crying I hear people dieing In my dreams I see them dieing I seem them crying Infull detail I see them sacrificed I see the doing what they think they should Blowing them self up for what they beleive in? They think they have no reason to live They escape their pain They thought the only way out was to kill them self They can't think anmore They give up While merely causing other more",
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