"Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear."

-- Emile M. Cioran

#People Quotes #Life And Death Quotes #Overcoming Quotes

“At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“She wore a wreath of roses, The night that first we met.”

Source : Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.131
“In reality, life was arranged and human relations were complicated so utterly beyond all understanding that when one thought about it one felt uncanny and one's heart sank.”
“Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe.”

Source : John C. Polkinghorne (2010). “One World: The Interaction of Science and Theology”, p.55, Templeton Foundation Press
“Now, back to my vacation idea.â€ Finn grinned, showing off his perfect white teeth. â€œJust think about it. You, Owen, me, and Bria, all happily ensconced in a swanky hotel by a beautiful beach. Bria in a bikini. You and Owen doing your own thing, Bria in a bikini. Did I mention Bria in a bikini?”
“Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.”
“Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Routine is really important. However late you went to bed the night before, or however much you had to drink, get up at the same time each day and get on with it.”

Source : "Top artists reveal how to find creative inspiration" by Mark-Anthony Turnage, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2012.

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