Life Quotes Quote by Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own.”

“جميلة الحياة بانها ما بتفضلش أبدا على حالها, جميلة بتغير الفصول والطلوع والنزول, جميلة الحياة بتغيرها. جميلة بكل ما فيها من حيرة وتساؤل و فضول, جميلة الحياة بالذكريات و بكل ما فيها من جنون.”

“When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”

“I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”

“To understand just one life you have to swallow the world ... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child?”

“But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. And when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater.”

“The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.”