existing Quotes

“Her hood looks had never interested her; any effort she had made on her own behalf had been directed toward the simple matter of existing.”

“She never seemed to be truly happy; she just seemed to be passing time while she waited for something else. She was tired of just existing; she wanted to live.”

Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.

“The Christian says, ‘Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex.”

“You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist.”

“He didn’t live. He existed. And no one understood the difference between the two until they ceased to live.”

“He didn’t live. He existed. And no one understood the difference between the two until they ceased to live.”

“He didn’t live. He existed. And no one understood the difference between the two until they ceased to live.”

“I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?”

“Human beings, whatever their backgrounds, are more open than we think, that their behavior cannot be confidently predicted from their past, that we are all creatures vulnerable to new thoughts, new attitudes. And while such vulnerability creates all sorts of possibilities, both good and bad, its very existence is exciting. It means that no human being should be written off, no change in thinking deemed impossible.”