Patti Smith Quotes

Sometimes living can be hard, but it's only because we're alive that we can make each other laugh,cry... be happy! In this world, if that's not a reason for being born in this world... I don't know what is!

It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.

It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.

I am fascinated by the whole process of what it's like to be alive, whether it's unbelievably uncomfortable and horrible or whether it's quite nice.

I may not believe in life after death, but what a gift it is to be alive now.

Love is the true condition of human life.

I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.

Isn't it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!

Oh, how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times

Now and again I feel the astonishment of being alive like this, in this body.

I just love life. I mean, you know, I love every second of it. I love people.

Our love is our life itself. What our love is like determines how we live and therefore everything about what we are as human beings.

It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.

The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive

How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods

I try to just take in every moment of being alive.

Bryan Lee O'Malley has been alive since he was born and will lives until he dies.

Part of the pleasure of being alive is the knowledge that you're not dead yet.

To live without loving is not really to live.

We're all seeking...the rapture of being alive.

For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive

Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle.

She is intensely human, and lives to look upon life.

My greatest joy is just to be alive!

It's wonderful to be alive and to walk on earth.