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“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“So It Goes”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet?”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
― C.G. Jung

“Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.”
― John Steinbeck

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go”
― Herman Hesse

“If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.”
― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

“It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae”
― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.”
― Larry McMurtry

“The Laughing Heart

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.”
― Charles Bukowski, Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories