Being Human Quotes

235 Being Human quotes by 203 unique authors

If we are defined by reason and morality, then reason and morality must define our choices, even when animals are concerned. When people say, for… — Matthew Scully
Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human —” “THEN — I — DON’T — WANT… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I love Greek Mythology, wish there was a TV series, like being human or smallville, but with the series based around Percy Jackson and the… — Rick Riordan
Day and night she had drudged and struggled and thrown her soul into her work, and there was not much of her left over for… — Carson McCullers
Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity. — Dan Simmons
But I know I would not go out. I had taken this time to fall in love instead — in love with the sort of… — Alice Sebold
If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if… — Carl Sagan
It is strange to hear your mother talk about being human because, honestly, it's too easy to forget. — Joe Dunthorne
Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable. — Ernest Cline
Being human is the most terrible loneliness in the universe. — A.A. Attanasio
Being human means losing everything we love best in the world," she murmured as she released me. "But would you ask to be anything else? — Alice Hoffman
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty,… — George Orwell
When did we stop being people, being human? — Malorie Blackman
... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65] — Anne Lamott
In her presence, I was reminded again of why I was an anoretic: fear. Of my needs, for food, for sleep, for touch, for simple… — Marya Hornbacher
The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience… — Nick Hornby
There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude… — Pablo Neruda
We sense that ‘normal’ isn’t coming back, that we are being born into a new normal: a new kind of society, a new relationship to… — Charles Eisenstein
Something is missing: that's as close as I can come to naming the sensation, an awareness of missed or thwarted connections, or of a great… — Caroline Knapp
But life isn’t about learning to forgive those who have hurt you or forgetting your past. It’s about learning to forgive yourself for being human… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
the impossibility of being human all too human this breathing in and out out and in these punks these cowards these champions these mad dogs… — Charles Bukowski
We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human. — Frances Hardinge
Harold could no longer pass a stranger without acknowledging the truth that everyone was the same, and also unique; and that this was the dilemma… — Rachel Joyce
Don't be afraid to be human - you're human, you're going to have emotional days. You're going to have days when things suck and then… — Chris Colfer
Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. Big cities have difficulties in abundance, because they have… — Jane Jacobs

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