Quotes
This is a collection of some quotes I really like.
Known Sources
Books
The thousand times that he had proved it meant nothing. Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it. — Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea, p. 66
“But man is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” — Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea, p. 103
“‘Zweisamkeit’ is the feeling of being alone even when you’re with other people.” — Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, p. 325
I want to talk about everything with at least one person as I talk about things with myself. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been. — Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon
And when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, freedom or loneliness? — Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Blogs/Websites
Honor was not won once, and forever retained — it had to be earned, and re-earned over and over again. — Brett and Kate McKay, Does Stoicism Extinguish the Fire of Life?
People
I would rather be ashes than dust ... The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. — Jack London
Unknown
These could have been from a Tumblr shitpost, or something I just heard, saw on a short-form video, or thought of.
What is there to do but learn?
You remember her longer that you have known her
Imagine being bitten by a snake, and instead of focusing on healing from the poison, You chase the snake to understand why it bit you and to prove that you didn't deserve it
And You suddenly discover that you do not want to be the best in this world, all you want is to sit calm and temperate, not caring about anything and just want to be satisfied with everything.