My journey through life has led me through both light and dark places, and it's because of those experiences that I have learned how to work through my character defects and to help others do the same. Jessie Pavelka characterdarkdefect share on social
There's a time and place for everything. You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them. R. Kelly clubkicklife share on social
When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune. Pete Seeger guitarhalfinstrument Change image and share on social
His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of the few Londoners upon whom sainthood has been conferred and the first English layman to be beatified as a martyr. Peter Ackroyd beatifyboilbridge share on social
I wanted to be a poet when I was 20; I had no interest in fiction or biography and precious little interest in history, but those three elements in my life have become the most important. Peter Ackroyd biographyelementfiction Change image and share on social
Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled. Katherine Anne Porter capablechancefourth share on social
I like to be prepared enough to be completely unprepared. I don't know if I make sense, but I have a fantasy of living someone else's life. And to do that perfectly, I need to prepare myself just as properly. Nimrat Kaur completelyfantasylife share on social
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life. Julianna Baggott agonizecomplexlife Change image and share on social
In my real life I live in the countryside, I walk a lot, I shoot clay pigeons, I don't get involved in the film business or anything, and then in my cinematic life, I think I am drawn to the dark side. Nick Love businesscinematicclay share on social
Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla. Nelson Mandela abidebestowbirth Change image and share on social