To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold read more

To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

It is not about how long we live but about how fulfilled we can get in the short time we read more

It is not about how long we live but about how fulfilled we can get in the short time we have to live.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the living.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the living.

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

Sometimes the sanest thing to do is just wallow in the misery for a while. Then climb out, grab a read more

Sometimes the sanest thing to do is just wallow in the misery for a while. Then climb out, grab a towel, dry off, and go about living.