He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
-Garth Stein
"The Art of Racing in the Rain"
Quotations
Life
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
-Bertrand Russell
For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth.
-Proverbs "Sanskrit Proverb"
However mean your life is, meet it and live it.
-Henry David Thoreau
We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
-Lauryn Hill
I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it.
-Charles M. Schulz
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
-Robert Louis Stevenson "R. L. Stevenson"
The closer we come to death, the more important becomes this single indispensable thing called life.
-Leo Tolstoy
We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.
-Paulo Coelho
