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On Death and Dying

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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“The vision one holds of one's life is so limited, reduced in scope to a moment, so that each person can make choices only within that narrowed reality.”
― Arlene J. Chai, Eating Fire and Drinking Water

tags: life, perspective

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“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”
― James M. Cain

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“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: life

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“On croit que j'imagine — ce n'est pas vrai — je me souviens.

[They say I imagine — it is not true — I remember.]”
― Irving Stone, Lust for Life

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