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the prospect of death leads to greater appreciation of life, more rapid formulation of values, more thought about the meaning of life, and stronger social connections.
“In this life of froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.”
― Tomorrow, When the War Began
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.”
― Tomorrow, When the War Began
“People, shadows, good, bad, Heaven, Hell: all of these were names, labels, that was all. Humans had created these opposites: Nature recognised no opposites. Even life and death weren't opposites in Nature: one was merely an extension of the other.”
― Tomorrow, When the War Began
― Tomorrow, When the War Began
“And that’s the weirdest thing about being someone’s parent. Not just a bank robber parent, but any parent: that you are loved in spite of everything that you are.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
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