“Life is short… eat desert first!”

— Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Variant: Life is short, have dessert first.
Source: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

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American children's writer 1967

Wendy Mass Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Source: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Life is the desert, life the solitude;
Death joins us to the great majority.”

Edward Young (1683–1765) English poet

The Revenge, Act IV, sc. i.

“The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”

Edward Abbey book Desert Solitaire

Source: Desert Solitaire

“Life is short, short, brother!
Ain't it the truth?”

Yip Harburg (1896–1981) American song lyricist

"Ain't It the Truth" originally written for Cabin in the Sky (1943), but pulled from the show, and later included in Jamaica (1957) - Lena Horne version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMSyXuvNpeM Context: Life is short, short, brother! Ain't it the truth? And there is no other Ain't it the truth? You gotta rock that rainbow while you still got your youth! Oh! Ain't it the solid truth?