“Long before you knew what death was you were wishing it on someone else.”

“No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle.”

Jodi Picoult book The Pact

“Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for.”

Laura Lippman (1959) Detective fiction writer

“This is how you knew what a fool was—someone who didn't know what mattered to him in the long run”

Richard Ford book Rock Springs

“After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.”

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher

“It was awkward, revisiting a world you have never seen before: like coming home, after a long journey, to someone else’s house.”

Umberto Eco book The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

“Before you judge someone else, judge yourself!”

Zayn Malik (1993) British singer

“Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.”

Jodi Picoult book Second Glance

“It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn’t need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on—moving forward.”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology