What is life? The following ten quotes are our pick of the best from various writers. The quotes sum up our attitudes to life – mysterious, depressing, uplifting, and everything else betwixt and between. We hope you enjoy these quotes.
You ask ‘What is life?’ That is the same as asking ‘What is a carrot?’ A carrot is a carrot and we know nothing more. – Anton Chekhov
Live all you can – it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. – Henry James
Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope. – Edith Wharton
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. – Samuel Johnson
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which. – George R. R. Martin
Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage. – Anaïs Nin
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life. – T. S. Eliot
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay. – Simone de Beauvoir
Life begins on the other side of despair. – Jean-Paul Sartre
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Wonderful sampling! I love them all!
Awesome. Thanks for the great post!
love this!
Chekhov has got it spot on!
Good ones. Thanks :)
Nice post!
“Writing is easy. You just sit at the typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway
“I don’t know what I think until I read what I’ve said.” – E.M. Forster
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Wonderful.
Jean Paul-Satre was such a misery :D
I like the quote by G R R Martin. It says it all.
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Another interesting post from Interesting Literature: writers’ quotes about life. My favorite is one by T.S. Eliot. It is the way I am trying to live my life now. What is your favorite, dear Reader? Do any of these quotes reflect the way you live your life, or wish you lived your life?
My favourite is the Fitzgerald quote. Thanks for sharing!
Inspiring quotation round-up. Thanks!
Oh to have a fraction of this wisdom! Lovely assortment.
I enjoyed reading those and will now get on with my carrot.
Great post! Perked up my day! Thanks!
Wonderful post- I especially loved Edith Wharton and George R.R Martin- brilliant choice of quotes and authors!
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Wonderful post- I especially loved Edith Wharton and George R.R Martin- brilliant choice of quotes and authors!
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What’s your favourite literary life quote?
Simone says it right for me. … It’s like a motto I live by – When afraid, just jump.