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“The past no longer exists, and the future is not here yet.” The only moment in which you can be truly alive is the present moment. The present moment is the destination, the point to arrive at. Every time you breathe in and take a step, you arrive: “Breathing in, I arrive. Breathing out, I arrive.” The”
― Hanh Nhat Thich, You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

“The thought of dying has never bothered me, but getting hurt, losing blood, becoming crippled and the like—no thanks.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

“Existence precedes essence”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism

“We love the gentleness of certain gestures, the way a tree fits into a landscape. And we have only one detail with which to fit re-create all this love, but it will do: the smell of a room too long shut up, the special sound of a footstep on the road. This is the way it is for me. And if I loved then in giving myself, I finally became myself, since only love restores us.”
― Albert Camus, Personal Writings