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Laura

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Laura’s Quotes

“They spend all their lives waiting for their lives to begin.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

tags: life

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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“Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Dovekeepers

tags: love

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“Hell is the absence of the people you long for.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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