Quiet Life Quotes

“I do think the idea of living your life to the fullest is a little flawed. Like, why is jumping out of an airplane inherently better than reading a book?
Or why is living a life that looks good on instagram inherently more meaningful than a life lived quietly?
I just don't buy it.”
― John Green

“Last night your thin walls invited me to the party next door / reminded me I am a quiet person in a quiet life.”
― Drew Myron, Thin Skin

“It takes me living an intentional, mindful, and quiet life to hear or see what’s here. Great art doesn’t necessarily create something new, it helps you appreciate what’s already here.”
― Eric Overby, 17: Haiku Poems

“Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it.”
― Ben Marcus, The Flame Alphabet

“I need useful work to keep my mind occupied, but I'd like to find work where it's...quieter.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

“But one has to ask: why do the big things at such a high cost? I chose the quiet life. I like the idea of being recognized by my field and no one else. This way I have a purpose, one I believe in, but I'm not burdened by the constant idea of putting on a public image, a view of myself the masses can accept. Nobody cares whether I'm fat or cheat on my taxes. It is not the only right kind of life, of course, but it is the honest life for me. What I'm saying is, I make the right choices for myself.”
― Jaroslav Kalfar, Spaceman of Bohemia

“Even the city seems dead this late at night.”
― Levi Rogers

“Life is a journey. Be prepared and you'll reach your destiny; Be distracted and you'll suffer a wreck; Have a bad company and you'll be robbed of your destiny.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“Ralentir est le début du mouvement. Habiter le temps plutôt que lui courir après. Être à chaque chose pleinement plutôt qu'à de nombreuses incomplètement.”
― Eric de Kermel, La Libraire de la place aux herbes

“I wanted to see the light change on the horizon, to notice the pinky-orange alpenglow illuminating the mountains as the day fell away and to know the comings and goings of the birds. I wanted to have places to explore and escape to. I wanted to live on my terms, no matter what people thought of that. And I managed, somehow, to actually do it.”
― Lucy Fuggle, Mountain Song: A Journey to Finding Quiet in the Swiss Alps

“Journal prompt: What would you regret about today when you wake up tomorrow? I would regret not appreciating the slowness that today was trying to gift me. I’m always so quick to want to leap into the new, that I often don’t give myself time to soak in the little things that make this moment right here so special. Then one day, though it’s always so hard to believe, I’ll likely think to myself (as I always do), how I miss this pace and all the things I’d give to live it again. So here it is… your reminder to take a little time to enjoy the quiet and the slow drip of time before everything as you know it right this second somehow melts into another, “where did this month go? It flew by!”.”
― Jacqueline Roche

“A question was surging in my mind: those who build their own little temples, the small people with such happy delusions – are they not really greater than those who make big-big propaganda-driven proclamations about seeking the truth? Who can say? (from 'A Happy Delusion')”
― Dhumketu, The Shehnai Virtuoso and Other Stories

“My ideal life is a quiet one. I like to read, to sit still in the same chair, with the lampshade at a certain angle, alone, or with Meagan nearby, and now and then, if I'm lucky, I'll come across a lovely phrase or fine sentiment, look up from my book, and feel the harmony of some notion, the justice of it, and know that everything is there. That's life to me, those privately discovered moments. I wouldn't settle for less, yet I don't expect a whole lot more, either.”
― Charles D'Ambrosio, The Dead Fish Museum

“This Charlie was helpful. And eager. And grateful. And just—fun to pal around with. It got me thinking about how nice it was to do an ordinary thing like go to the market with someone and buy food for a meal you were about to eat together. The companionship and pleasant anticipation. The easy camaraderie. The incidental conversations about anything and nothing; songs on the speaker system, or the psychology of wine labels, or the social significance of Twinkies.”
― Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

“I’d lived a quiet life as long as I could remember, so solitude didn’t frighten me. In fact, I slipped it on like a pair of well-loved shoes (p. 164).”
― Pepper Basham, Hope Between the Pages