My mother really loved me. And one of the gifts that I have been given is that I have never thought for one second of my life that I was not greatly beloved. Mary Gordon belovedgiftgreatly Change image and share on social
Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for. Mary Ellen Chase badlygrainheap Change image and share on social
The human life is all one thing, like a blade tracing loops on the ice: a little kid, a twenty-three-year-old infantry sergeant, a middle-aged writer knowing guilt and sorrow. Tim O'Brien agebladeguilt Change image and share on social
It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. David Attenborough beautyexcitementgreat share on social
Anyone who knows classical music and loves classical music has heard the Beethoven Seventh hundreds of times probably in their life. Joshua Bell beethovenclassicalhear Change image and share on social
The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life. Jack Nicholson amountaveragecelebrity Change image and share on social
Writing is a way of getting at the things most people would prefer to escape. Writing takes me to the center of life. That's my invitation to my readers as well. Steven Millhauser centerescapeinvitation Change image and share on social
While I understand that all things must come to an end, whether it's a television advertisement or one's life or the world itself, it doesn't make it any easier to deal with. John Hodgman advertisementdealeasy Change image and share on social
Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process. Damien Rice bigbuildcomplete share on social
I think traveling made me who I am. When I was 16, I was an exchange student in England, and that was the year that I kind of feel like I was on the road going one direction in life, and it just kind of shifted me over, and I finished high school, and I went traveling for three more years instead of going to college. Gayle Forman collegedirectionengland share on social