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Life Quotes by Kate Atkinson
- She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea about life, they…
- Julia's vocabulary was "chock-full" of strangely archaic words - "spiffing," "crumbs," "jeepers" - that seemed to have originated in some prewar girls' annual rather than…
- When you chopped logs with the ax and they split open they smelled beautiful, like Christmas. But when you split someone's head open it smelled…
- What did you do when the worst thing that could happen to you had already happened - how did you live life then? You had…
- It wasn't that [he] believed in religion, or a God, or an afterlife. He just knew it was impossible to feel this much love and…
- Time was a thief, he stole your life away from you and the only way you could get it back was to outwit him and…
- Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile of a reincarnated…
- Why is everything an 'adventure' with you?" Sylvie said irritably to Izzie." "Because life is an adventure, of course." "I would say it was more…
- No point in thinking, you just have to get on with life. We only have one after all, we should try and do our best.…
- The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle