What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.
When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Standing by myself, just having everybody looking at me the entire time, is not my idea of a good time.
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in.
Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.
Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
In these dangerous times, where it seems the world is ripping apart at the seams, we can all learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day, and we should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium.
All my life, I've felt people are looking at me. So, when I became known, it was like, 'I'm not imagining this any more. People genuinely are staring at me. Oh, Christ, now they're coming over!'
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