Life Quotes

"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired."

"Life is difficult enough without it."

"Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him."

"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired."

"We deceive ourselves if we imagine that life can ever be anything but a struggle."

"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."

"He lived as though life owed him nothing."

"He endured rather than lived."

"True life consists in living for others"

"The purpose of man's life is to live it, not to regret it"

"I want to live, and I will live!"

"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired."

"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."

"She was like a woman waking from a dream, finding herself in a strange bed."

"The town knew her shame before she knew it herself."

"She was trapped between two worlds, belonging to neither."

"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world."

"What's the difference between that and any other lavish party, and this menagerie here?"

"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life."

"I have tasted the honey of life, though bitter it may be."

"The poor are always with us."

"There are just some kind of men who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one."

"Atticus said that the simple hell-fire of everyday living was sufficient."

"She was always inventing some pretext to leave the house."

"What a miserable thing to be a woman!"

"She was sick of it all; she felt as though she were dying."

"She would have preferred anything to this dullness of existence."

"Her existence had become unbearable."

"She had gambled with her life and lost."

"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."