Stories open up new paths, sometimes send us back to old ones, and close off still others. Telling and listening to stories we too imaginatively walk down those paths - paths of longing, paths of hope, paths of desperation.
I read a lot of books. I read because it inspires me and shows me paths that I could never imagine. Sometimes those paths are horrible and sad, and sometimes they are hopeful and amazing. Not always are they paths to the future, and sometimes the paths are actually about the past but make sense when applied to the future. Books are amazing.
Sometimes dangerous paths are the only paths leading to the safest paths. In these cases, do not hesitate to take the dangerous roads!
Sometimes life takes you on unexpected paths, and those paths aren't always in the same direction.
Paths to other paths must always be open!
There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too.
Children, as I have said, use back ways and hidden paths, while adults take roads and official paths.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
I came to the ... open gate of mathematics. From here, well-trodden paths lead in every direction, and since then I have often spent time there. Sometimes I think ... I have trodden all the paths ... and then I suddenly discover a new path and experience fresh delights.
The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.
There is no orthodoxy in walking. It is a land of many paths and no-paths, where every one goes his own and is right.
It is sad when two people turn from the paths they’re traveling, and their paths go on to cross without them.
Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.
We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.
My grandmother used to say that twisting paths always cross again," he told her. "And whose paths are more twisted than ours?
But this night our feet must tread in thorny paths, or later, and for ever, the feet you love must walk in paths of flame!
Art Is a Way Out. Do not let life overwhelm you. When the old paths are choked with the débris of failure, look for newer and fresher paths. Art is just such a path. Art is distilled from suffering.