Life Quotes

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. ~ Villette by Charlotte Bronte "It is always the way of events in this life," he continued presently: "no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting-place, than a voice calls out to you to rise and move on, for the hour of repose is expired." ~ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils. ~ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come. ~ A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one." ~ A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin There is such a difference between life and theory. ~ Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope Life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either. ~ Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu All men must die, Jon Snow. But first we'll live. ~ A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin Life may as properly be called an art as any other. ~ Amelia by Henry Fielding Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. ~ A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin