What is life? is a question that people have responded in different ways

“She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of silicon against the tender flesh between her toes. That's life. It hurts, it's dirty, and it feels very, very good.” 


“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.” 


“I want to feel all there is to feel, he thought. Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I mustn't forget, I'm alive, I know I'm alive, I mustn't forget it tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.” 




“Blooming under a cold moon, we are like fireworks...
Rising, shining, and finally scattering and fading.
So until that moment comes when we vanish like fireworks...
Lets us sparkle brightly,
Always...” 



“Do anything, save to lie down and die!” 

“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.”

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”




“Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life




“Whoever uses the spirit that is
in him creatively is an artist. To
make living itself an art, that is
the goal.” 


"Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

“Your life is a book; make it a bestseller.” 

“I gave you life. You’re wasting it.” 

“Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live life.”


“Live as big as you can, with what you've got.” 



“Live life to it's fullest or it may seem like you died young.” 


“The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.”



“Live each day as if it’s your last’, that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn’t practical. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Corona electric typewriter and work hard at … something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible.” 





“When you spend time worrying, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want.” 




“I have lived my life backwards as compared to my peers. Everyone did incredibly stupid things as teenagers and pre-teens. I didn't. I was the one telling everybody that they were incredibly stupid. Now that they are all past that stage and we are all much older— I am the one doing incredibly stupid things. I have figured that I've earned that right, by now! You have to earn the right to be stupid.” 




“I don't know how one should live - but I know that one should live.....” 

“As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better.” 

“I don't want to survive, Will, I want to live!” 



“We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can.”