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«We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about»
«We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic.»
Author: E. Merrill Root | About: Life, Poetry, Wonder
«We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity to live life fully in its total meaning of loving, caring, creating, and adventuring. Consequently, the actualizing of our potential can become the most exciting adventure of our lifetime.»
«We try a new drug, a new combination of drugs, and suddenly I fall into my life again like a vole picked up by a storm then dropped three valleys and two mountains away from home. I can find my way back. I know I will recognize the store where I used to buy milk and gas. I remember the house and barn, the rake, the blue cups and plates, the Russian novels I loved so much, and the black silk nightgown that he once thrust into the toe of my Christmas stocking.»
Author: Jane Kenyon (Poet) | About: Depression, Drugs, Hope, Life
«We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.»
Author: Luciano de Crescenzo | About: Angels, Life | Keywords: embracing, fly by, wing
«We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death»
«We're a long, long way from home. Home's a long, long way from us.»
«Went to the beach for the day and wrote as much as I could about this incredible experience and where my life seemed to be taking me, etc. I fell asleep, and when I woke up the papers were blowing down the beach and into the water. I sat up and watched until I couldn't see one piece of paper left. I drove home and felt happy.»
Author: Dominic Monaghan | About: Happiness, Life
«We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laughing harder than anything, hopefully every single day of your life.»
«We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet) | About: Family, Friends, Joy, Life, Worry