"And so I have to live. Because we……" — Thrity Umrigar
"And so I have to live. Because we live for more than just ourselves, Most of the time we live for others, keep putting one foot before the other, left and right, left and right, so that walking becomes a habit, just like breathing. Ina n out, left and right."
—
Thrity Umrigar
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
15 Quotes by Thrity Umrigar
Thrity Umrigar has 15 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
So all I'm saying is, everything that seems important--our quarrels, or philosophical differences--in the end, it doesn't matter much. You…
-
Liquor is the kiss of the angels as well as the curse of the devil. It can conceal but also…
-
Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened.
-
The Forty Rules of Love is a wise, joyous page-turner... and one that speaks urgently to our war-ravaged times.
-
I intend to give my eighty-two-year-old dad a copy of God Never Blinks. I will also buy one for a…
-
All these tears shed in the world, where do they go? If one could capture all of them, they could…
-
Or perhaps is is that time doesn't heal wounds at all, perhaps that is the biggest lie of them all,…
-
India, she now knew, would not be content staying in the background, was nobody's wallpaper, insisted in interjecting itself into…
-
And a mother without children is not a mother at all, and if I am not a mother, than I…
-
Tomorrow. The word hangs in the air for a moment, both a promise and a threat. Then it floats away…
-
Her hands were empty now, as empty as her heart, which itself was a coconut shell with its meat scooped…
-
She always imagined that evil played out on a large canvas- wars, concentration camps, gas chambers, the partitioning of nations.…
See all 15 quotes by Thrity Umrigar »
More Becomes Quotes
This quote is filed under Becomes Quotes,
one of 5,969 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
— Aristotle
-
Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike…
— Rowan Atkinson
-
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
— Saint Augustine
-
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
— Marcus Aurelius
-
Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.
— Paul Auster
-
When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing…
— Teresa of Avila
-
I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people…
— David Axelrod
-
A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise…
— Sai Baba
-
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
— Charles Babbage
-
In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from…
— Charles Babbage
-
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
— Charles Babbage
-
In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
— Michelle Bachelet
See all 5,969 Becomes Quotes »