Life Quote by Lynsay Sands

“It was as if he'd suddenly become intimately aware of the fragility of life and how precious time really was. As a result, he…

— Micah Sparks

“So he worked. He lost weight; he walked light on the earth. Lack of physical labor, lack of variety of occupation, lack of social…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The source ran somewhere, far away from him, ran and ran invisibly, had nothing to do with his life any more. And at several…

— Hermann Hesse

“...on those days when he could not spend half an hour in the company of a good book, he felt deprived.”

— Diane Setterfield

“Formerly...when he tried to do anything for the good of everybody, for humanity...for the whole village, he had noticed that the thoughts of it…

— Leo Tolstoy

“all-work-and-not-enough-play lifestyle.”

— Nick Vujicic

“He did a lot of socializing. Sometimes I think it was like he was storing up company for the times he knew nobody would…

— Jon Krakauer

“He was too busy checking out and checking in, making and breaking plans, buying and losing cell phones, playing computer games and pool, looking…

— Dalma Heyn

“He raged at his farm, forced it, added to it, drilled and trimmed, and his boundaries extended. He took no rest, no recreation, and…

— John Steinbeck

“he was one of those diplomats who like and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he occasionally spent nights at his desk.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“He was working hard at increasing his life span. He did it by cultivating boredom.”

— Joseph Heller

“In his life he'd passed through long periods of gratefulness and good cheer, but he'd scarcely even imagined this level of thorough contentment with…

— Chad Harbach