“I see so many fools in this world that sometimes I could just go home and cry about what people do to themselves Hey, wake up, wake up, look here! Think a minute, think a minute. This is your life! You got, what, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty years here, and you gonna be […]
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Thoughts From A Tired Mind
hot searing sun broiling the desert not a house or any building to be seen for as far as the eye can see carcasses of long ago dead animals litter the ground rattle snakes hissing scorpions and black widows crawling seeking to bite and deposit their deadly venom no water to be found not an […]
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. ~Simone Weil
What Life’s All About
“At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life’s all about.” ~ Janis Ian, Singer-songwriter
Traveling Is Like Flirting
“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.” ~ Lisa St. Aubin de Terán, Novelist
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver. ~ William James
As soon as there is life there is danger. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
And
the month of August is now in the home stretch and life goes on
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. ~ Simone Weil*
*French philosopher, 1909-1943
“Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.” ~ Bette Davis
Life is full of surprises.Why is that always surprising? ~ Cathleen Schine
In The Universe ~ William Blake
“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.” ~ William Blake, Poet ~ 1757 – 1857
It Is So Hard To Leave ~ John Green
It is so hard to leave-until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. ~ John Green, Author
Six Word Story
Pedestrians ignoring the street corner preacher.
Enjoy Your Life by Audrey Hepburn
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” ~ Audrey Hepburn, Actress 1929 – 1993
Short, Short Story
Mr Positive debates Mr Negative. Egos clash. Neither comes out a winner. Both egos deflated.
Music ~ Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ~ Albert Einstein
Albert Camus Quote
“Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.” ~ Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov, B: January 29, 1860 – D: July 15, 1904
Me
I am me always will be me no one will ever change me as I was born as me so the end result is a total me and I am happy to be me
It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. ~ Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny, Born: September 20, 1880 – Died: November 30, 1952
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. ~ Okakura Kakuzo
Six Word Story
Traveling the infinite highway to freedom.
One Liner
All ye caffeine junkies, drink up, and get wired.
Six Word Story
Chasing the American dream. Its elusive.
Four Words
living, loving, enjoying life.
Isabella Schomo Quote
Spring procreates, Summer develops, Autumn debilitates & Winter ceases to be. Meeting all forms of life. ~ Isabella Schomo
Journey Through Life ~ William Golding
“Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the beginning and the […]
Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what they have been through. ~ Sam Cawthorn
Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time. ~ Robert McKee
Summer Quote
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Art
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Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours in watching television. ~ David Letterman
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. ~ Albert Einstein
To most of us the real life is the life we do not lead. ~ Oscar Wilde
We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. – Iris Murdoch
Life is existence with meaning. – Bangambiki Habyarimana
Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life. ~ Stephen King
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry. ~ John Jensen
Joseph Addison Quote
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ~ Joseph Addison, Essayist 1672 – 1719
Be who you are. ~ Rita Mae Brown
“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” ~ Rita Mae Brown. Writer – B: November 28, 1944
May 14
Today, May 14 makes it one full year, that I quit smoking, and I don’t miss it.
I think computer viruses should count as life. ~ Stephen Hawking
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image. ~ Stephen Hawking
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. ~ Dr. Seuss
Do not fear mistakes. There are none. ~ Miles Davis
I am not a film star …. ~ Vivien Leigh
“I’m not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.” ~ Vivien Leigh – Actress, (1913-1967)
Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. ~ Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison (1943 – 1971), No One Hear Gets Out Alive
“Life to me is an adventure and you’ve got to experience everything.” ~ Joey Ramone
Joey Ramone – Musician, B: May 19, 1951 – D: April 15, 2001
The opposite of love is not hate … ~ Elie Wiesel
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ~ Elie Wiesel – Professor – Born: September 30, 1928 – Died: July 2, 2016
Destiny is no matter of chance. ~ William Jennings Bryan
“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” ~ William Jennings Bryan – B: March 19, 1860 – D: July 26, 1925 – Former United States Secretary of State
A Great City …. ~ G. K. Chesterton
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy. ~ G. K. Chesterton
Eight Word Story
Conversing in the hallway, aka the neutral zone.
I like life. It’s something to do. ~ Ronnie Shakes
Life is consciousness. ~ Emmet Fox
Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face. ~ George Eliot
Life is a sexually transmitted disease. ~ Guy Bellamy
Guy Bellamy, (1935 – 2015) English author
Caroline B. Cooney Quote
People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person’s. ~ Caroline B. Cooney, Writer, author – Born: May 10, 1947
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well. ~ Dan Rather
Bob Marley Quote
Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you. ~ Bob Marley, Song lyrics – Judge Not (single, 1961)
Life and death matters, yes. ~ Raymond Carver
“Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising.” ~ Raymond Carver, Writer – (1938-1988)
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” ~ John W. Gardner
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. ~ John Dewey
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. ~ Sholem Aleichem
Sholem Aleichem, leading Yiddish author and playwright. 1859-1916
Life is an unbroken succession of false situations. ~ Thornton Wilder
“Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.” ~ Rose Kennedy
B. July 22, 1890 – D. January 22, 1995
Life is consciousness. ~ Emmet Fox
“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.” ~ Isaac Asimov
Life Is To Short ~ Amy Winehouse
Enthusiast In Life ~ Roald Dahl
GeniusQuotes.org
Is Everybody In ~ Jim Morrison
Is everybody in?… Is everybody in?… Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin… The program for this evening is not new. You’ve seen this entertainment through and through. You’ve seen your birth, your life and death. You might recall all the rest. Did you have a good world when you died? Enough to […]
If Your Life Ended
Six Word Story
Basking in the sun, eating pretzels.
“You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” ~ Albert Camus
Smart Choices
Jack Kerouac Quote: Life
“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” ~ Jack Kerouac
A Note About Me
There are some things in life I do not care to talk about, and that is religion. I am not religious, and i haven’t been for quite a long time. I don’t like it, when certain people try to talk about it, and when they do, I walk away. Also, there are religious bloggers who […]
Life ~ Isaac Asimov
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. -Isaac Asimov
One Big Road ~ Bob Marley
Matsuo Basho Quote
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ~Matsuo Basho
Age
Cheese: A Short Story
Eating cheese. Lots of cheese, as in Cheddar cheese. Yummy. Woke up in the morning, constipated. Not a good way to start off the day.
Six Word Story
Passing time. Chewing gum. Blowing bubbles.
Life Quote
Picture Quotes
Six Word Story
Sweeping the detritus off the sidewalk.
One Sentence Fiction
Took a walk on the tame side, not the wild one.
Weird – A Short Story
When Jimmy Jon is talking to anyone, he has a bad habit of squeezing the numerous zits, that cover his face and body. A dermatologist would have a field day trying to clean up the mess.
The Past – A Short Story
Elliott always walks backwards, because he wants to make sure that he didn’t miss anything. He believes in seeing and living in the past tense. He says that will never change.
Quote: Soren Kierkegaard ~ Life
Fixation
One Sentence Fiction
Jim is having a wonderful conversation with the bathroom mirror.
Quote: Stephen King, Writing
Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life. -Stephen King
Quote: Elie Wiesel, Indifference
One Sentence Fiction
As she was leaving, he said to her, “naked or clothed, I still love you, and that will never change.”
Quote: Hermann Hesse
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. ~Hermann Hesse
Cup Of Coffee
“Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don’t look for anything else.” – Bertrand Russell
Bored Solitude ~ Jack Kerouac
“No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength” – Jack Kerouac
Life Is Short ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
One Sentence Fiction
She’s savoring the all around beauty, of the numerous wild flowers.
One Sentence Fiction
She lives in a household full of mad, whacked-out people.
