Famous Quotes

"I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe."

"It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, but it’s how many things we have to quit all at once: music, laughter,the physics of falling leaves, automobiles, holding hands,the scent of rain, the concept of subway trains... if only one could leave this life slowly!"

"Let all of life be an unfettered howl."

"Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him."

"I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I'm afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid of seeing snapshots, not movies."

"I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits"

"I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between."

"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it."

"Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.I like to work, read, learn, and understand life."

"Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air."

"In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!"

"A joke is a very serious thing."

"Singing in the rain. I'm singing in the rain. And it's such a fucking glorious feeling. An unexpected downpour and I am just giving myself into it. Because what the fuck else can you do? Run for cover? Shriek and curse? No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it because if you can make yourself happy in the rain, then you're doing pretty alright in life."

"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent."

"I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life."

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."

"In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the back."

"I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

"Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life’."

"Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don't."

"No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves."

"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."