100 Quotes About Life

We all have our ups and downs, but these inspirational life quotes are here to remind you that you are more than just the lows. To have a great life, we must learn to appreciate all of the hard times as well as the good, including everything in between. Even though it’s not always easy to find the motivation to keep going, these life quotes will help you keep moving forward through the ups and downs of life.

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I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. Marilyn Monroe
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You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth. William W. Purkey
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This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about. . Marilyn Monroe
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you...
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When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. Jess C. Scott
Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow...
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Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears." After all this time?"" Always, " said Snape. J.k. Rowling
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Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could. Louise Erdrich
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There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life. John Lennon
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How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. Shel Silverstein
You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without...
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You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved. Stewart Onan
Was it hard?
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Was it hard?" I ask. Letting go?" Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real. Lisa Schroeder
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,...
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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection Sharon Salzberg
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We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and–in spite of True Romance magazines–we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely–at least, not all the time–but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness. Hunter S. Thompson
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love...
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Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. Elie Wiesel
Time was passing like a hand waving from a train...
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Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you. Jonathan Safran Foer
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Do not fall in love with people like me. I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like blood in your mouth. I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible. And when I leave you will finally understand, why storms are named after people. Caitlyn Siehl
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If you stay, I'll do whatever you want. I'll quit the band, go with you to New York. But if you need me to go away, I'll do that, too. I was talking to Liz and she said maybe coming back to your old life would be too painful, that maybe it'd be easier for you to erase us. And that would suck, but I'd do it. I can lose you like that if I don't lose you today. I'll let you go. If you stay. Gayle Forman
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To love life, to love it evenwhen you have no stomach for itand everything you've held dearcrumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heatthickening the air, heavy as watermore fit for gills than lungs;when grief weights you like your own fleshonly more of it, an obesity of grief, you think, How can a body withstand this? Then you hold life like a facebetween your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you, again. Ellen Bass
I want to be in a relationship where you telling...
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I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me. Steve Maraboli
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you...
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Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. Unknown
More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed,...
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More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate. Roy T. Bennett
That's what people do who love you. They put their...
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That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable. Deb Caletti
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I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news! " And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now, " and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear, " and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet! . John Green
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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Sharon Salzberg
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I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love."- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept . Paulo Coelho
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels...
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Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people. Roy T. Bennett
Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt...
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Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt. Haruki Murakami
[H]iding how you really feel and trying to make everyone...
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[H]iding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar. Jenny Oconnell
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Top 15 Things Money Can’t BuyTime. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity. Roy T. Bennett
Do what you love, love what you do, and with...
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Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it. Roy T. Bennett
The best things in life make you sweaty.
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The best things in life make you sweaty. Edgar Allan Poe
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So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love. E.a. Bucchianeri
When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his...
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When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman. Steve Maraboli
Parents were the only ones obligated to love you from...
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Parents were the only ones obligated to love you from the rest of the world you had to earn it. Ann Brashares
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Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved. Roy T. Bennett
We are all the pieces of what we remember. We...
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We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss. Cassandra Clare
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I know that the whole point–the only point–is tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go. Lauren Oliver
How can I be reasonable? To me our love was...
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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode. W. Somerset Maugham
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Sleep my little baby-oh Sleep until you waken When you wake you'll see the world If I'm not mistaken... Kiss a lover Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure... Face your life Its pain, Its pleasure, Leave no path untaken. Neil Gaiman
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Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...you give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Neil Gaiman
I will not try to convince you to love me,...
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I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT...Goodbye. Steve Maraboli
I envy people that know love. That have someone who...
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I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are. Jess C. Scott
Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch...
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Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens Tony Deliso
He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure...
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He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his princess. Demi Lovato
Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).
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Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue). Jess C. Scott
Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so...
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Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later he may be with his real girlfriend. Amy Sedaris
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I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. . Nora Ephron
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Ur be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye. Dorothy Parker
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the...
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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. Thomas Merton
The story of life is quicker than the wink of...
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The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again Jimi Hendrix
Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live...
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Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live with love–be there for others–bring a little light into someone's day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest. Roy T. Bennett
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Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you. Karl Lagerfeld
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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.( Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, NIV) . Anonymous
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A fit, healthy body–that is the best fashion statement Jess C. Scott
Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of...
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Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love! Stieg Larsson
Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will...
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Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone. Zayn Malik
Most of us must learn to love people and use...
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Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people. Roy T. Bennett
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Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ..each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other. That's how it is in all living relationships except when there is that rare case of two people who love intensely enough to burn through all those layers of opacity and see each other's naked hearts. Tennessee Williams
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This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy. Susan Polis Schutz
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Amor Fati — “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life. Friedrich Nietzsche
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V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love. Jess C. Scott
Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I...
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Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground. Chuck Palahniuk
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It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life. . Roy T. Bennett
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It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters, Amit Ray
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To be rejected by someone doesn't mean you should also reject yourself or that you should think of yourself as a lesser person. It doesn't mean that nobody will ever love you anymore. Remember that only ONE person has rejected you at the moment, and it only hurt so much because to you, that person's opinion symbolized the opinion of the whole world, of God. Jocelyn Soriano
There comes a time in your life when you have...
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There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it. Shannon L. Alder
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Transformation is my favorite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you not being authentic somewhere in your life or with someone in your life. Being fake about anything creates a block inside of you. Life can’t work for you if you don’t show up as you. Jason Mraz
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I have learned that you can go anywhere you want to go and do anything you want to do and buy all the things that you want to buy and meet all the people that you want to meet and learn all the things that you desire to learn and if you do all these things but are not madly in love: you have still not begun to live. C. Joybell C.
Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart.
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Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart. Christina Westover
There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time...
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There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time. Coco Chanel
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Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night's sleep, and will be able to eat breakfast, and doesn't hear her husband's ghost all the time, but only some of the time. Her grief is replaced with a useful sadness. Every parent who loses a child finds a way to laugh again. The timbre begins to fade. The edge dulls. The hurt lessens. Every love is carved from loss. Mine was. Yours is. Your great-great-great-grandchildren's will be. But we learn to live in that love. Jonathan Safran Foer
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Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her? Never mind physically but betray her in his mind, in the very "poetry of his soul". Well, it's not easy but men do it all the time. Mario Puzo
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We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life. Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fearfrom our souls. We are weaned from our timidity In the flush of love's lightwe dare be brave And suddenly we seethat love costs all we areand will ever be. Yet it is only lovewhich sets us free. Maya Angelou
And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will...
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And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful. Ruskin Bond
Tears are words the heart can't express
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Tears are words the heart can't express Gerard Way
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My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism. Jess C. Scott
There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it...
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There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love. Cassandra Clare
Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it.
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Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it. Nicola Yoon
Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit...
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Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. Unknown
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Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through is now like something from the distant past. We’re so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about everyday, too many new things we have to learn. But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone. Haruki Murakami
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It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary. Jason Mraz
Would you rather live one perfect day over and over...
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Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones? Jenny Han
Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe...
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Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you. Steve Maraboli
People wait around too long for love. I'm happy with...
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People wait around too long for love. I'm happy with all of my lusts! C. Joybell C.
Kiss a lover, Dance a measure, Find your name And...
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Kiss a lover, Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure. Face your life, It's pain, It's pleasure, Leave no path untaken. Neil Gaiman
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People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is ever-changing. Jandy Nelson
To find out if she really loved me, I hooked...
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To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.
 Unknown
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...I told him a story of two people. Two people who shouldn't have met, and who didn't like each other much when they did, but who found they were the only two people in the world who could possibly have understood each other. Jojo Moyes
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Yes, I understand why things had to happen this way. I understand his reason for causing me pain. But mere understanding does not chase away the hurt. It does not call upon the sun when dark clouds have loomed over me. Let the rain come then if it must come! And let it wash away the dust that hurt my eyes! Jocelyn Soriano
Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only...
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Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair. Ann Brashares
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive–to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love–then make that day count! Steve Maraboli
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I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact. Oscar Wilde
If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your...
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If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you're not ready for that relationship. Steve Maraboli
Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard...
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Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget. Alysha Speer
Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have , so...
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Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have , so to speak , pawned a part of their narcissism. Sigmund Freud
Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage...
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Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year. Chad Sugg
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Frustration and Love can’t exist in the same place at the same time, so get real and start doing what you would rather be doing in life. Love your life. All of it. Even the heavy shit that happened to you when you were 8. All of it was and IS perfect. Jason Mraz
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My love is pizza shaped. Won’t you have a slice? It’s circular, so there’s enough to go around.
 Dora J. Arod
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I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:1-2 NIV) Anonymous
I'm not crying because of you you're not worth it....
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I'm not crying because of you you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are. Steve Maraboli
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When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word… when it ceases to be just a measurement of time…but instead becomes a place where soul mates can dance to the song in their hearts... that is a reflection of true love. Steve Maraboli