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Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.
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Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
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Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?
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There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.
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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.
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All that we know about those we have loved and lost is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.
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There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.
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We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
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I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.
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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
Last Update: 8 February 2023
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