“Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.”
Philip Roth book American Pastoral
Source: American Pastoral
Original: Avere sempre una dose di speranza per tempi migliori, nei periodi difficili, aiuta a sentirsi vivi.
Source: prevale.net
“Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.”
Philip Roth book American Pastoral
Source: American Pastoral
“You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others. ”
John Travolta (1954) American actor, dancer and singer
“Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive.”
Nick Hornby book A Long Way Down
Source: A Long Way Down
“In times like these, it's helpful to remember that there have always been times like these.”
Paul Harvey (1918–2009) American broadcaster
As quoted in Respectful Treatment : The Human Side of Medical Care (1977) by Martin R. Lipp; also in Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 271.
Sidney Poitier (1927) American-born Bahamian actor, film director, author, and diplomat
Source: Life Beyond Measure (2008), twenty-third letter — The World I Leave You, p. 273
On the need to hone one’s voice in “Safer Is Not Always Better: An Interview With Stacey Lee” https://parnassusmusing.net/2019/08/13/interview-stacey-lee-downstairs-girl/ in Musing (2019 Aug 13)
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972) Crown Princess of Denmark
Speech at the opening of Danida’s 50th anniversary exhibition in Bella Center; quoted on royal website http://kongehuset.dk/Menu/materiale/taler/speech-by-hrh-the-crown-princess-at-the-launch-of-danidas-50th-anniversary-exhibition-in (16 March 2012)