Life is too short to stuff a mushroom. Shirley Conran lifemushroomshort Change image and share on social
Nobody's perfect, and everybody plays the heel and the baby face at times in real life. Box Brown babyfaceheel Change image and share on social
This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth. T. C. Boyle affectartfiction Change image and share on social
The worst moment in my life was when I was seven years old and I discovered that there was a thing such as racism. You don't know you're different until someone lets you know. Sanjeev Bhaskar baddiscoverlet Change image and share on social
Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence. Salman Rushdie absencelifematter Change image and share on social
I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century is that life expectancy has doubled. Ron Chernow centurydoubleexpectancy Change image and share on social
There's a couple things you don't talk about in life, and that's race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I don't talk about politics at all. Robert Griffin III couplelifemake Change image and share on social
You can approach 'The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death' in a variety or combination of ways: as a startlingly eccentric hobby; as a series of unresolved murder mysteries; as the manifestation of one woman's peculiar psychic life; as a lesson in forensics; as a metaphor for the fate of women; as a photographic study. Robert Gottlieb approachcombinationdeath share on social
It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment. Rafael Yglesias closecommitmentconceive share on social
Life is busy. There are daily concerns and obligations that have to be met, and to take time to think about how precious and special a human life is that you only get one, and that every wasted minute is lost. You can't get it back. Rush Limbaugh backbusyconcern share on social