At first, there is something you expect of life. Later, there is what life expects of you. By the time you realize these are the same, it can be too late for expectations. What we are being, not what we are to be. They are the same thing.
Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.
The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.
When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life almost as deep-seated as the fear of death
Life requires things from you - if you're really living it and are really alive - that are really difficult and painful, and you can't avoid those things if you're really participating.
Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes
Life is a Shylock; always it demands The fullest userer's interest for each pleasure. Gifts are not freely scattered by its hands; We make returns for every borrowed treasure.
