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Life And Living:

1. I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
-- Diane Ackerman
1948-, American Poet, Writer, Naturalist

2. The less routine the more life.
-- Amos Bronson Alcott
1799-1888, American Educator, Social Reformer

3. Kisses honeyed by oblivion.
-- George Eliot
1819-1880, British Novelist

4. Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
-- Sholom Aleichem
1859-1916, Ukraine-Born American Writer

5. A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
-- James Allen
1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh'

6. Life is divided up into the horrible and the miserable.
-- Woody Allen
1935-, American Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Comedian

7. Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

8. Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's finger.
-- Hans Christian Anderson
1805-1875, Danish Children Stories Writer

9. Life loves the liver of it.
-- Maya Angelou
1928-, African-American poet, Writer, Performer