“some men never
die
and some men never
live
but we're all alive
tonight.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“some men never
die
and some men never
live
but we're all alive
tonight.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Variant: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.”
Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.”
Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934) British writer
“You have no birthday because you have always lived; you were never born, and never will die.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
There's No Such Place As Far Away (1978)
Context: You have no birthday because you have always lived; you were never born, and never will die. You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand the things that are.
