“[crying] He doesn't love me. He never loved me. I was never real to him. Nothing in the human experience is real to him.”— Paddy Chayefsky, imdb.com
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.”— Deborah Harkness, amazon.com
“Your human experience is part of your spiritual journey. You don’t have to expect to live in divine connection all the time. Simply aim to string together many moments of consciousness to remember that you are the spirit of love having a human experience.”— Gabby Bernstein, twitter.com
“It has sex, lies, puberty, betrayal, relay races… 'MILF Island' reflects the drama of the human experience, and isn’t that the essence of art?”— Tina Fey, Matt Hubbard, Jack Donaghy, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com
“There is so much complexity, so many layers to the human experience. My wish for us is to not limit our own experience with gross generalizations of people and their circumstances, that lack context and nuance.”— Joel (Jo-el) Leon., twitter.com
“I've come to understand that emotions are a beautiful and very necessary part of the human experience. Tears are the liquid droplets of my soul that you get to see when I'm FEELING. Crying doesn't mean I'm weak, it means I'm strong enough to share with you my vulnerability. So if any of you out ther…”— Cassey Ho, instagram.com
“Somewhere someone thinks they love someone else exactly like I love you. Somewhere someone shakes from the ripple of a thousand butterflies inside a single stomach. Somewhere someone is packing their bags to see the world with someone else. Somewhere someone is reaching through the most terrifying f…”— Tyler Knott Gregson, tylerknott.com
“If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life; it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy…”— Mitsugi Saotome, amazon.com
“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to…”— Jon Krakauer, amazon.com
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to…”— Jim Morrison, archives.waiting-forthe-sun.net
“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it—or my observation of i…”— John Green, Hazel's Dad, amazon.com
“they leaned into everything: cigarettes and stories, nips of whiskey, / laughter like blackbirds rising across a white sky.”— Joe Wilkins, amazon.com
“Nothing is like what it is: the sun, the moon, the meadow on the other side of the mountain, the conversation we’re having, my body beneath these clothes.”— Dean Rader, amazon.com