Catherine McCarthy
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Catherine’s Quotes

John Wyndham
“The essential quality of life is living' the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of it.”
― John Wyndham, The Chrysalids
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Haruki Murakami
“The song is over. But the melody lingers on.”
― Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase
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Anton Chekhov
“And what does it mean -- dying? Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and only the five we know are lost at death, while the other ninety-five remain alive.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard
tags: death, life
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“Words are futile devices.”
― Sufjan Stevens
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