Then there are those who plant. they endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But, unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener’s constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure.
I refuse to walk faintly through life only to arrive safely at death!
The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.
When you close that door to nowhere throw away the key, we have a tendency to look back and regret.
Love, too, was just a question of time.
Life is like a garden, you reap what you sow.
She wants to drink that man too, and then she can forget forever the cheap wine that you gulp down and that makes you feel drunk, but always leaves you with a headache and an empty space in your soul.
Everything on Earth is being continuously transformed.
She wasn’t a victim of fate, she was running her own risks, pushing beyond her own limits, experiencing things which, one day, in the silence of her heart, in the tedium of old age, she would remember almost with nostalgia – however absurd that might seem.
She was doing it because she had nothing to lose, because her life was one of constant, day to day frustration.
When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.
And she already has her treasure: it’s you.
Love one another, but let’s try not to possess one another.
We must struggle for our dreams, but when certain paths prove impossible, it would be best to save our energies in order to travel other roads.
I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.
What makes life interesting are the challenges we face.
At this moment, many people have stopped living. They do not become angry, nor cry out; they merely wait for time to pass. They did not accept the challenges of life, so life no longer challenges them.
I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.
But human beings are like that, she thought. We’ve replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.
If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like that, perhaps...