No one tells you that your life is effectively over when you have a child: that you're never going to draw another complacent breath again... or that whatever level of hypochondria and rage you'd learned to repress and live with is going to seem like the good old days. Anne Lamott breathchildcomplacent share on social
As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. Anthony Trollope attendcompatiblediminish Change image and share on social
I had a body wax. It's the most painful thing I have ever done in my life. I had every single hair on my body pulled out, and I really bruised. Andy Serkis bodybruisehair Change image and share on social
I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life. Arthur Hailey drawinventlife Change image and share on social
I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life. Amy Tan aliencompletelyfiction Change image and share on social
Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature, so much so that work is a violence I do to myself. Albert Camus conditioncontraryfrugality Change image and share on social
I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker. Armand Assante diehardlifelive Change image and share on social
This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life. Ann Druyan backcomedefinitive share on social
The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism. Alma Gluck artasceticdeceive Change image and share on social
