Life Archive
"only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.... most of us spend 59 minutes an hour living in the past, with regret for lost joys or shame for things badly done.... (both utterly useless and weakening)....or in a future which we either long for, or dread.... there is only one minute in which you are alive, this minute, here and now. the only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable minute, which is exactly what it is.. . . "
"Well, see, that's my whole point. I mean you could've been born a single cell organism on the planet Zortex. In fact, given the odds, it's probably more likely, but you weren't. You we're born a human being. And not just any human being in the history of human beings, but a human being that gets to be alive today. That gets to listen to all kinds of music, that gets to eat food from every culture, that gets to download porn off the internet. So really, you have everything to live for." - Charlie Bartlett
"life is truly a ride. we're all strapped in, and no one can stop it. as you make your way from youth to adulthood to maturity, sometimes you put your arms up and scream; sometimes you just hang onto the bar in front of you. but the ride is the thing. i think the most you can hope for at the end of life is that your hair is messed up, you're out of breath, and you didn't throw up." -Jerry Seinfeld
"I think when you are born an angel should say to you, hopefully kindly and not in the fake voice of an airline attendant: 'Here you go on this long, long dream. Don't even try to wake up. Just let it go on until it is over. You will learn many things. Just relax and observe because there just is pain and that's it mostly and you aren't going to be able to escape no matter what. Eventually it will all be over anyway. Good luck.'" - The Rose And The Beast by Francesca Lia Block