Fleeting life Quote by Thomas Cahill

“...one had to expect very little—almost nothing—from life, Aaron knew, one had to be grateful, not always trying to seize the days like some…

— Tao Lin

“I envied his inspiration, his optimism in focusing back on the painful but glorious days. They were caring days, when we knew what we…

— Bao Ninh

“Before cruelly vilifying them from a great height, the mudslingers at newspapers and journals should bear in mind that all artistic endeavors were by…

— Felix J Palma

“The more one suffered and lived, the more one had known of joy and grief, the deeper the response must be if an artist…

— Rachel Field

“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

“And victory, joy, wild hope, and swelling certitude and tenderness surged through the conduits of our blood as we heard that drunken cry, and…

— Thomas Wolfe

“A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“And yet suddenly, terribly, he wanted it again, the way it used to be, arms linked together, all drunk and singing beautifully into the…

— Michael Shaara

“Often when he was not working he had come here and sat an entire afternoon, lulled by the din and music from the other…

— Paul Bowles

“I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Their habits and experiences made them inflexible, welding their routines in place, cementing their hurts and joys to create expectations of life that were…

— Sophie Littlefield

“Anyway, these ideas or feelings or ramblings had their satisfactions. They turned the pain of others into memories of one’s own. They turned pain,…

— Roberto Bolaño