Accepting Quote by Jhumpa Lahiri

The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and were peaceful to a…

— William H. Gass

Forget the times of trouble, but not the truths they taught. Forget the days of sorrow, but not the strength they brought. Forget the…

— Patience Strong

There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Things that did not…

— Anonymous

So many things that seemed crucial and excruciatingly hard ended and then didn't matter anymore, forever after

— Mona Simpson

What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“But whatever any of them thought one thing was always certain: even though they suffered and had to struggle at times to bring meaning…

— Nadeem Aslam

I wondered what things what things became when you no longer needed them, and I wondered what the future would hold once we'd gotten…

— Anonymous

“he saw that all the struggles of life were incessant, laborious, painful, that nothing was done quickly, without labor, that it had to undergo…

— Jack Kerouac

Everything that happened in the past "It was all necessary to bring us to where we are.

— Anita Stansfield

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of…

— Naguib Mahfouz

The possibilities were endless. Battles would be fought. Wonders revealed. Many journeys. Many lands. Many joys. Many sorrows. But stories all...

— William Joyce

“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call…

— Paulo Coelho