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“Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.”
Suzanne Weyn, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

“And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He died.”
Suzanne Weyn, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

“When King Lear dies in act five, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He has written, 'He dies.' No more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential piece of dramatic literature is, 'He dies.' Now I am not asking you to be happy at my leaving but all I ask you to do is to turn the page and let the next story begin.
-- Mr. Magorium”
Suzanne Weyn, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

“When King Lear dies in Act V, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He's written "He dies." That's all, nothing more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential work of dramatic literature is "He dies." It takes Shakespeare, a genius, to come up with "He dies." And yet every time I read those two words, I find myself overwhelmed with dysphoria. And I know it's only natural to be sad, but not because of the words "He dies." but because of the life we saw prior to the words.”
Suzanne Weyn, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Erich Fromm
“Buddhist concept of mindfulness means precisely a way of being in which one is fully concentrated on everything one is doing at any given moment, whether it is planting a seed or cleaning a room or eating. Or as a Zen master has said: “When I sleep I sleep, when I eat I eat …” 10.”
Erich Fromm, The Art of Being

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