Anthony Doerr Quote

Why this candle?Why this cake?The day of my birth is not today.I was born when you said, 'Hey.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...

Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.

Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.

Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone, her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ring. Where’ve you been, what’ve you been up to?Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend,...