- Her
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alive Quotes
On feeling alive—in body, in work, and in the natural world.
This page collects quotes about what it means to feel alive—seeing trees as living beings, noting how certain old systems remain active long after they should have faded, and comparing the energy of fieldwork to a quieter newsroom. See our feel quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it.
- Nov 07, 2020
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.
- Nov 07, 2020
The planet is alive, and it's a woman.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020