"Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness."

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Source : T. H. White (1983). “The Maharajah and Other Stories”, Berkley

T. H. White

#Beautiful Quotes #Simple Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions.”
“I walk alone in the darkness and wonder how a person would begin to determine the circumference of the earth. I have no idea. Iâ€™d probably just google it.”

Source : Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.132, Atlantic Books Ltd
“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so I made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”

Source : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.145, Applewood Books
“I ran track, and basically played every sport.”
“All things pass in time. We are far less significant than we imagine ourselves to be. All that we are, all that we have wrought, is but a shadow, no matter how durable it may seem. One day, when the last man has breathed his last breath, the sun will shine, the mountains will stand, the rain will fall, the streams will whisperâ€”and they will not miss him.”

Source : Jim Butcher (2008). “Princeps' Fury”, p.418, Penguin
“Various Horsemen are abroad, doing their various Apocalyptic things.”
“Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.”

Source : "Finding Your J Spot: Joy in Midlife and Beyond". Book by Peter Brill and David Debin, 2006.
“Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.”

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