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
If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly. — Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Although, I love the Hindi version of this quote better
इतनी शिद्दत से मैंने तुम्हें पाने की कोशिश की है, कि हर ज़र्रे ने मुझे तुमसे मिलाने की साज़िश की है।
कहते हैं, अगर किसी चीज़ को दिल से चाहो, तो पूरी कायनात उसे तुमसे मिलाने की कोशिश में लग जाती है। — ओम कपूर, ओम शांति ओम
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?
TV
“One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.” — The Doctor (Tenth Doctor), Doctor Who — “The Girl in the Fireplace” (Series 2, Episode 4)
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
“If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.” — Charles Bukowski
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. — Heraclitus
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. — Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850), elegy written for Arthur Henry Hallam
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.
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
You need to tear muscle to grow it. Why would it be different for the mind or spirit?
There are graveyards full of people who thought they had more time
The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit
