Life Quotes Quote by Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.”

“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.”

“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life.”

“Do you realize that all great literature — "Moby Dick," "Huckleberry Finn," "A Farewell to Arms," "The Scarlet Letter," "The Red Badge of Courage," "The Iliad and The Odyssey," "Crime and Punishment," the Bible, and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" — are all about what a bummer it is to be a ...human being?”

“If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and to replace the need to communicate. Even if we hear something and we don't understand we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions. We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions.”