Life Observation Quotes

“Good and evil coexist in the worst of times. It is then when hope shines through.”
― Heather Morrisová, The Tattooist of Auschwitz

“Josh didn't trust inanimates; not one bit; but he didn’t trust men either, nor did he trust the sea. The first could drive you crazy; the second could steal your soul; and the last could take your life.”
― Fred Vargas, Have Mercy on Us All

“It takes courage to be vulnerable.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Artists often enslave their friends.”
― Wladimir Kaminer

“What species is he?" "British”
― Kirsten Beyer, Full Circle

“It's always easy to look back and see what we were, yesterday, ten years ago. It is hard to see what we are.”
― Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

“Boredom is, as Heidegger argued, the awareness of time passing.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“True horror is all the more potent for being implicit.”
― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

“Possession holds good against all comers except the true owner.”
― Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

“Fear is excitement without the breath.”
― Frederick Salomon Perls, Gestalt Therapy and How It Works

“When a dog barks fiercely at someone, or even bites them, it does it out of fear, not hate. If you ever have to confront an aggressive dog, don't run or shout, because you'll frighten it and it will bite you. Stand still and talk to it slowly so it becomes less scared.”
― Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz

“Brave people are not the ones who aren't afraid. Those are reckless people who ignore the risk; they put themselves and others in danger. They are the ones who know the risk—whose legs shake, but who carry on. Brave people are the ones who can overcome their own fear.”
― Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz

“It's no crime. The real disease is intolerance.”
― Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz

“Those who go no longer suffer, but no one knows how much suffering still awaits those left behind.”
― Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz

“A person waiting for you somewhere is like a match you strike at night in the countryside. It may not be able to light up everything, but it does show you the way back home.”
― Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz

“War is the true Nature of the world, a dog with matted fur lapping eagerly at the bloody
Niles, wagging its threadbare tail the entire time.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Industrial Madness

“Often individuals whose mental gifts so far outpaced their contemporaries, tended to lack the social graces commensurate with their other accomplishments.”
― Kirsten Beyer, Full Circle

“There ain't nothing worse than an itch you can't scratch.”
― Vanessa Reynolds

“I'm happy? But sad?
But inspired? But exhausted?
But fulfilled,
and always trying to stretch a little higher.”
― Kirstin Maldonado

“I wonder if passion brings meaning to life, and when combined with a sense of responsibility it gives us strength to handle the absurdity of existence.”
― Anonymous