“Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we're doing; but it become a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of our life.”— Paulo Coelho
“It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else, it can make you want to scream. But somewhere in the world there is a place for all of us, whether you are an electric form of decoration, peppermint-scented sweet, a sou…”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“He already knew he could coach. All you had to do was look at each of your players and ask yourself: What story does this guy wish someone would tell him about himself? And then you told the guy that story.”— Chad Harbach, amazon.com
“The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.”— Kazuo Ishiguro, amazon.com
“Everything that God created has a purpose. The sun has a purpose. The clouds have a purpose. Rain has a purpose. Trees have a purpose. Animals have a purpose; even the smallest insects, and fish in the sea have a purpose.”— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, amazon.com
“Why did people ask "What is it about?" as if a novel had to be about only one thing.”— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important p…”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“The conclusion we drew from this convinced us that it was best to do everything on purpose, deliberately, so that you would know what to expect.”— Elena Ferrante, amazon.com
“Whenever you feel hopeless, all you need to do is go outside and realize that you have been molded into human form for some reason.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead people’s diaries and wondering about sex and God and whether you should shave under your arms or no…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Perhaps it is not necessary to franticly complete a to-do list. Perhaps it is not necessary to overly focus on the future or even focus on the future at all. Perhaps it’s more important to live the moments, to look for the meaning in the simple day-to-day moments.”— Monique Rainford-Bourne, thoughtcatalog.com
“Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don’t see a different purpose for it now.”— Dorothea Tanning, theguardian.com
“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.”— Paulo Coelho, paulocoelhoblog.com
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”— Kurt Vonnegut, goodreads.com
“If you feel too much, there’s still a place for you here. If you feel too much, don’t go. It this world is too painful, stop and rest. It’s okay to stop and rest. If you need a break, it’s okay to say you need a break.This life –it’s not a contest, not a race, not a performance, not a thing that you…”— Jamie Tworkowski, goodreads.com
“Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it's not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world around you. It's a way of getting out of house, connecting with other people, and looking at the world through different sets of eyes.”— Ian Mackaye, youtube.com
“One of the basic and difficult lessons every artist must learn is that even the failed pieces are essential.”— David Bayles, amazon.com
“Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, amazon.com
“In fact, if artmaking did not tell you (the maker) so enormously much about yourself, then making art that matters to you would be impossible. To all viewers but yourself, what matters is the product: the finished artwork. To you, and you alone, what matters is the process: the experience of shaping…”— David Bayles, amazon.com