My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of indifference, dryness and bad taste. My father is also terribly stingy, in life as well as in feelings: I have never seen him filling up the bathtub. Vincent Gallo badbathtubbook share on social
I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. Voltaire beardevoureat Change image and share on social
Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just. Voltaire happyinstitutelife Change image and share on social
All my life I had feared to-morrow, until I decided to have faith and to live to-day in courage. Vash Young couragedaydecide Change image and share on social
I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book. Vanessa Diffenbaugh bookflowerlanguage Change image and share on social
Forever, it was just soccer - passion, life, love. Then I got married, and I had to transfer some of my energy. I want to be my best for my country, but I also made a really big promise and choice to be the best in my marriage. That has not always been the easiest thing to manage. Abby Wambach bigchoicecountry share on social
Right now, I'm standing behind the glass, and I guess that's a metaphor for how my life will be going forward. Angela Ruggiero forwardglassguess Change image and share on social
My family made it through Hurricane Sandy. We have water, power, and a roof, but the survivor's guilt makes me want to hide. Sneak away from the brilliance of life. It shouts at me: 'Don't enjoy anything too much; people are suffering.' I feel childlike somehow. Alysia Reiner brilliancechildlikeenjoy share on social
Only when you're in that ditch, lying there in the muddy runoff you've made of your life, gazing up at the peak you fell from, do you truly know how small you are and understand how tall you used to be. Artie Lange ditchfallgaze share on social
A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life. August Strindberg callcharactercomplicate Change image and share on social
