Wouldn't it be terrible if you'd spent all your life doing everything you were supposed to do, didn't drink, didn't smoke, didn't eat things, took lots of exercise, all the things you didn't want to do, and suddenly one day you were run over by a big red bus, and as the wheels were crunching into you you'd say 'Oh my god, I could have got so drunk last night!' That's the way you should live your life, as if tomorrow you'll be run over by a big red bus.
Interpretation
Live life to the fullest and embrace joy, as tomorrow is uncertain.
This quote emphasizes the importance of enjoying life and not just adhering to societal expectations or limitations. It suggests that one should live passionately and take risks, as life is unpredictable and could end at any moment, making the pursuit of joy essential.
In practice
Using this quote during a motivational speech to encourage people to seize the day.
The only thing he could do to stay alive was not to allow himself the anguish of that memory. He erased it from his mind, although from time to time in the years that were left to him he would feel it revive, with no warning and for no reason, like the sudden pang of an old scar.
Keep searchin’ for your mystery note on the universal piano of life.
I'm luckier than my grandfather, who didn't move more than five miles from the village in which he was born.
Avice for a human. 87. Dark matter is needed to hold galaxies together. Your mind is a Galaxy. More dark than light. But the light makes it worthwhile. 88. Which is to say: don't kill yourself. Even when the darkness is total. Always know that life is not still. Time is space. You are moving through that galaxy. Wait for the stars.
It's not houses I love, it's the life I live in them.
How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
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