To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness. George Steiner
What kind of living will it be when you - Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave? Emily Brontë
To have had fame, even very minor fame, and to have lost it, got older and maybe put on a little weight is a kind of living death. David Nicholls
The things that motivate us are to help other people, to feel that we're useful, to feel that we're getting better, to feel that we are kind of living to our potential, to get a sense of meaning. All of those things are positive. Dan Ariely
The aspect of kind of living in your imagination and creating a more romantic vision of the world than the reality that you're given - that's definitely something I can sort of relate to. Alden Ehrenreich
Most actors can't make any kind of living. Viggo Mortensen