There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil.
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This living, this living, this living Was never a project of mine.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Life is unpredictable and often not what we plan for.
Dorothy Parker's quote reflects on the often unplanned and chaotic nature of life. It suggests that despite our aspirations and projects, the essence of living may not align with what we consciously set out to achieve, highlighting the spontaneity of human experience and existence.
Themes
LifeExistenceUnpredictabilityChaosPlans
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about embracing life's unexpected turns, I illustrated with Parker's quote.
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