A Simple Life Book Novels & Stories

She had a smile plastered on her and talked non stop about the books she has read. While they were having lunch, Myra commented, “If I knew that going to your uncle’s cottage will bring such a positive change in you, I would have driven you out of my house long back.” “There is nothing like that. If I am breathing, it is because of your support. It is just that I have decided to live in the present and forget about the past.” “Wow! How did my girl become so wise.” Myra said, patting her back. “I read a very inspiring book from my Uncle’s library. I have decided to imbibe its teachings in my life. I am tired of mopping about my pathetic life.” Sia gave the first plausible reason that struck h

I said. I walked in fully and placed the book on the table near them. Uncle James leaned forward slightly. Papa’s eyes stayed on me. “You wanted to know what the Gem of Life is,” I said. “It’s not a stone. Not a jewel. Not something you put in a crown.” Dada’s jaw tightened. “Then what is it?” “It’s a person.” Silence dropped heavy. Papa blinked. “Explain.” I opened the book and flipped to the marked pages.

“The simple life, Volkov. We chose the simple life.” “It is a complex life, Zvezda moya,” he corrected, pulling me up and wrapping the blanket securely around us both. “But it is ours. And it is safe.”

I said. “Stay with me all your life. I’ll take you in. A simple life, no luxuries, but happy together,” he replied immediately. A simple life! What was that? I never had a simple life. I’ve always had a complicated life. Even my childhood was complicated. That’s because my parents were complicated too. “I don’t know what a simple life is. My childhood was complicated too. Besides, someone like me can never have a simple life. I would have liked that, honestly. With you, I think I could have lived normally, but now I can’t.”

RYAN POV There is something beautiful about keeping one's life simple. The life of having your basic needs: food, shelter and clothing, and being satisfied. A life you won't have to worry who was doing better than you. Or the thought of improving yourself to please the crowd, instead of yourself. That life, you won't have to worry about perfecting your life, in other to avoid scandals. The life of YOU VERSUS YOU. That was the life I craved for, but it seems I should brace myself for the opposite. It wasn't up to a step I took out of the company when I was crowded by a bunch of reporters.

I’m kicked out of my home and now live out of my car that hasn’t moved for a while now. Next it was time to order food they all chosen some expensive food that I can’t even pronounce, while I ordered the cheapest thing on the menu which happened to be a simple hamburger, I could hardly afford, I didn’t want a lot or to be a bother to anyone with paying for my food. I could feel the eyes of both Kennedy and Robert on me. I know I’m skinny but I’m not that hungry for a big meal anyway, eating small meals makes you get used to just a little bit of food at the time.

//Chandra Margaret// I immediately put all the snack that I prepared for the boys. My hands are shaking a bit as I go to the living room. There is three boys in total. I dare not to look in their faces. "H-here is the food." I clear my throat. Even my voice is shaking. The boy in the single sofa look at me. He's reading a book in his hand. I know that book! It's Our dawn is hotter than day. A book about two people who keep their night busy while sleeping in the daylight.

he said simply, giving her the space to continue at her own pace. Sarah let out a soft breath, her gaze drifting toward the flowers swaying in the breeze. “Life with the Millers was... simple, but it was everything to me. They weren’t wealthy or influential, but they had so much love to give. I remember how warm the house always felt, how there was always laughter, even on the hardest days.”

It was as if I was showing the living that death was not the end of life, but rather, the beginning of a new journey. My thoughts returned to the day of the accident. The surgery was successful, bringing an end to my tragic life.

Reminiscing the past, he sadly smiled at the book he was holding - feeling the roughness of the cover and softly whispered the title of the book "My Life from now on," He said those words because it's the title of the book. That's the title because he's the one who created the book. It was his biography from the moment he entered the dukedom, then again he remembered that night where he was saved by the two people he respected so much that he was willing to give up his life. But to his regret, he wasn't able to protect them when the time had come to make them apart from the world