Greatest generation Quote by Nancy Milford

“Life was a strange mix of twists and turns, where incomprehensible loss often led to paths of unimaginable joy.”

— Mary Campisi

“After all, life was like that for most of us – the small unpleasantnesses rather than the great tragedies; the little useless longings rather…

— Barbara Pym

“Life was fragile and love was, too. At any moment, even our happiest ones, our world could shatter and we wouldn’t see it coming.…

— Donna Freitas

“that life was full of small comforts which were all the time making for happiness, and that we did not sufficiently appreciate them.”

— Katrina Avilla Munichiello

“We realized that life, even the worst of life, consists of an alternation of joys and sorrow, successes and failure more than the successes.”

— Varlam Shalamov

“There is a distinct feeling of contentment that engulfs your entire being after a day well lived, a battle well fought, and a purpose…

— Steve Maraboli

“Life—life—how cruel it is! Nothing but tears and sorrow and despair! Not a moment of happiness! Not a moment of joy.”

— Lyubov Dostoyevskaya

“It was agony and despair and fear. It was joy and laughter and rest. It was life, all of it...”

— Sarah J. Maas

“Though parted from all his soul held dear, and though often yearning for what lay beyond, still was he never positively and consciously miserable;…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Whatever happened in the world was a decree from God. A task to be completed. Any crying or joy just got in the way…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“One thing seemed to suggest that I might have some wisp of beauty to offer the world: the nature of my heart, which remained…

— Dean Koontz

“My life had become weariness. It had wandered in a maze of unhappiness that led to renunciation and nothingness; it was bitter with the…

— Hermann Hesse