Family Quote by Sōseki Natsume

“Had I had the misfortune to dwell in some other household, I might have lived nine lives and never known that such remarkable scholars,…

— Sōseki Natsume

“...most people never experience such a passion, that I had been incredibly, divinely fortunate to have found, in a world where most souls dig…

— Valerie Martin

“In my errant life I roamed to learn the secrets of women and men, of gods and dreams. I lived in wealth and poverty,…

— Roman Payne

“Many are the lives of men unwritten, which have nevertheless as powerfully influenced civilization and progress as the more fortunate Great whose names are…

— Samuel Smiles

“The fortunate people in the world - the only really fortunate people in the world, in my mind - are those whose work is…

— Jane Davis

“His life had been spent pursuing excellence and amassing a great fortune, but now that it was ending, there was no one he was…

— Steven Decker

“This world may be full of greed and tragedy and darkness, but I am fortunate beyond measure to have such people about me.”

— John Gwynne

“In my errant life I roamed To learn the secrets of women and men, Of gods and dreams. I've known all the countries of…

— Roman Payne

“And occasionally I became very sad over that happiness, because I was well aware it couldn’t last. I wasn’t meant to exist in the…

— Hermann Hesse

“Of all my old associations, of all my old pursuits and hopes, of all the living and the dead world, this one poor soul…

— Charles Dickens

“then all these people were his brothers and sisters. Each one of them carried the memory of a beloved mother and a better past,…

— Hermann Hesse

“It seems I have always been fortunate to be in a certain provident, which must be my sole skill, and worth, and luck. [p. 138]”

— Chang-rae Lee