Life

I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind.

I know what you might be thinking here on your own, but those thoughts won’t last for ever,’ I said. ‘You won’t always feel like this. This will pass. Homer will be here for you, and the sun will rise and you’ll find your reasons again. The ones you think have deserted you. Isn’t that right, Meg?

Any meaning of life derives from amiably accepting our anonymous role in the singular order of the universe. Such gracious reception of life’s turbulences stems from willingly capitulating to whatever fomented experiences life brings us without harboring a disconsolate degree of remorse or regret.

At first first nothing will happen to usand later on it will happen to us again.

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.

The whole process of life is a process of deterioration in which everything—and this is the most cruel law—continually gets worse.

Homeless people really upset me when I was little. A lot of kids have this reaction, but I would get really worried or sad or concerned or cry.

I have survived, but I have not been spared.

CENTER-OF-THE-UNIVERSE, that was me entering the workplace. And I woke up one day soon after that, struggling at the bottom of a vast ocean. But I needed that. Humbling experiences are part of growing - they help shape us and mold our character. Welcome to life.

How is it that there was never youuntil there wasand then all was you?

The vanity of human life is like a river constantly passing away and yet constantly coming on.

She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?

For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide.

Life is but a play of chance in the game of choice.

Absolutely. Justice served with a side of pineapple. That's what I'm here for.

If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song.

A dialysis patient's life is hard. Laugh harder.

Women often don't want to be typecast as the girl that's sad.

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.

Let go of something old that no longer serves you in order to make room for something new.