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Eve
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Esther saw them all on the raft as they might be seen from the shore, or higher, from over the water, from above the ocean, castaways, a bitter old harridan and her grown brother son and two granddaughters, a mutt, and a pregnant stranger,
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
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