Philip Roth Quotes

I am happy to start from zero, to create, to restart.

Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.

Fire is a symbol for so much. It's a symbol for change. It's a symbol for destruction. Out of the ashes of that comes an opportunity to start over. It's one of the greatest metaphors in nature that you can possibly lean on, especially as a songwriter. You're trying to describe either something coming to a complete and utter end or something that is in flux, or something that's on the verge of becoming something else.

Our show is about starting over.

I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

I feel like in a way I'm starting over, with everything.

In the last few years, losing my father, going through a divorce and not getting some jobs I really wanted, is making me a much more interesting person, I think. This all really does feel like a rebirth, a new chapter.

I've been starting in new places year after year after year. It's just like when I went to Greece or the Philippines. I love when people think I'm a new artist. It's a chance to start over.

What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.

You shouldn't be fearful of starting over.

It is never too late to begin rebuilding, Though all into ruins your life seems hurled; For see! how the light of the New Year is gilding The wan, worn face of the bruised old world.

The end of one thing is just the beginning of another.

From every ending comes a new beginning.

When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.

Take a (second or third or fourth) chance. Remake the world.

You can make a fresh start with your final breath.

Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly

God grows fragrant flowers of hope in the ashes of loss.

I can feel it... the chance to start over, to live right, to love right, to burn up in a fiery cloud and never again be buried in the mud.

A few days after we came home from the hospital, I sent a letter to a friend, including a photo of my son and some first impressions of fatherhood. He responded, simply, 'Everything is possible again.' It was the perfect thing to write, because that was exactly how it felt. We could retell our stories and make them better, more representative or aspirational. Or we could choose to tell different stories. The world itself had another chance.

It's time for second chances. It's time to remake the world.

The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over.

In a way, I was born twice. I was born in 1934 and again in 1955 when I came to Pittsburgh. I am thankful to say that I lived two lives.

Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.