“The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.”

“That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.”

“Yes, I'm alive," Mat said. "I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.”

“I want to feel all there is to feel, he thought. Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I mustn't forget, I'm alive, I know I'm alive, I mustn't forget it tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.”

“When I'm asked where I want to be in five or 10 years time, I say I just want to be alive and healthy.”

“Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free.”

“If I feel a painting I'm working on doesn't have imagery or emotion, I paint it out and work over it until it does.”

“Someday, my love, you're going to understand just how much I care for you. You're my light, my warmth, my other half. I only feel alive when I'm with you. I love you." Caine”

“I survived
I speak, I breathe
I'm incomplete
I'm alive, hooray!
You're wrong again, 'cause I feel no love.”

“I feel bad when I'm the only person on the bus. It's like I'm the only person who showed up to the driver's birthday party.”