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“It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

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“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire

tags: inspirational

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“I know many people survive, but I also think people glorify resilience a little too much, forgetting that the fragile ones simply die as the world walks on over their bones.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

tags: resilience

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“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.”
― Daniel Defoe

tags: diamond, soul

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