Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams. You may fancy yourself safe and think yourself strong. But a chance tone of colour in a room or a morning sky, a particular perfume that you had once loved and that brings subtle memories with it, a line from a forgotten poem that you had come across again, a cadence from a piece of music that you had ceased to play… I tell you, that it is on things like these that our lives depend.
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Credits: Image. Quote: Larmoyante.
Live & Learn 
And it is these grace notes that make our lives a symphony….
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Yes, they certainly do Lori
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and you are absolutely helpless against them. welcome them in.
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with open arms. 🙂
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They also are what make us strong and weak, on solid ground and floating on air.
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That’s so true.
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Life is a question and we keep on answering it while we live..
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Or, perhaps, we just live.
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Live we must..but then life does ask questions ..we try to answer them..incorrectly more often 🙂
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This is so true.
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oh, yes. thank you for this inspiration.
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I had same reaction Vicki.
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I’m surprised to learn this is from The Picture of Dorian Gray. I’m adding that to my reading list (I was the movie The Portrait of Dorian Gray, though haven’t read it)
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I haven’t read the book and haven’t seen the movie. Is movie worthwhile?
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From what I remember, yes. They did a more modern take on it with Brad Pitt, The Curious Life of Benjamin Button (I think that’s what its called) which is also worth watching.
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I love this quote…thank you for sharing. ♥
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Me too Yvonne, thanks.
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Wonderful words 🙂
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They are Sarah
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A blog post can remind me of a book I love, have read and re-read and perhaps should go back to once again.
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I haven’t read the book…but it sounds like I need to dive in. Thanks for the push Laurie
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Fantastic quote and I recomment The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dave (book and movie). If you’re interested in reading The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, it’s a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Thank you Peggy. I need to check out both during my upcoming time off.
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I guess I need to slow down a bit. Just noticed the error in recommend.
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I love this Man. Him and Albert Camus have inspired me so much just with their quotes that I wonder where will I be if I ever read more of them…
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Me too Sonia. Feel the same way.
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