- Nov 07, 2020
Life Quotes
Quotes on the meaning found in life.
Life quotes on this page range widely - from lifelong searches for spiritual meaning and questions about religious definitions of sin, to the more ordinary scene of people debating life's big problems over drinks. That range mirrors related pages like Life Status.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
You just don't come across proper, deep, loyal friendships very easily later on in life.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You come across those real, genuine friendships so rarely in your life and they are so precious, you know the people who really have your back, who love you unconditionally and aren't your family. You don't stumble across those people very often.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Luckily my own life is uncomplicated, which lets me really enjoy other people's complicated messes!
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never show my books to Ricky. His writing is very different, and anyway, he's only read one novel in his life: 'The Catcher in the Rye.'
- You
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- Nov 07, 2020
But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.
- Ethic
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- Nov 07, 2020
English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my work, but my home life is so fulfilling that I don't tend to be driven by work ambitions.
- Pet
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020