Life Quotes Quote by Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”

“You can't have living without dying. So you can't call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road.”

“Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.”

“You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.”

“For the first time in a long time I thought about Maman. I felt as if I understood why at the end of her life she had taken a 'fiancé,' why she had played at beginning again. Even there, in that home where lives were fading out, evening was a kind of wistful respite. So close to death, Maman must have felt free then and ready to live it all again. Nobody, nobody had the right to cry over her. And I felt ready to live it all again too.”

“It’s hard to believe there are people that don’t read books. There’s so much magic in words and well told stories.”

“Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?”

“It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”