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Samantha Hunt

"The first time I took my daughters to the ocean - and I love the ocean but where we swim is very rough, very New England, rip tide, not messing around ocean - and a thought arrived: I was asking my daughters to slowly recognize death, just dip their toes in its fathomless edge, to know it is there, even in the night when we don't see it and that it, in its mystery and largeness, in its terror, is the thing that makes life precious, magnificent and full of never-ending curiosity."

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Samantha Hunt

#Daughter Quotes #Rip Quotes #Ocean Quotes

“If you want to train and work hard 3 months out of the year, well, then, UNI is a great place to go. If you want to bust your tail 6 months out of the year, you should be very happy at ISU. But if you want to train and develop into a champion 12 months out of the year, then Iowa is the place for you.”
“Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.”
“Nest is one vertical implementation of a set of smart products for the home. But we will support other peoples smart products for the home.”

Source : "Google’s Grand Plans: A Conversation With Larry Page and Sundar Pichai". Interview with Farhad Manjoo, bits.blogs.nytimes.com. June 26, 2014.
“There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?”

Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “Cathedral”, p.121, Vintage
“Even Heaven would be Hell to some people because they'd be too close to God!”
“He went to bed early, but could not fall asleep. He was haunted by sad and gloomy reflections about the inevitable end- death. These thoughts were familiar to him, many times had he turned them over this way and that, first shuddering at the probability of annihilation, then welcoming it, almost rejoicing in it. Suddenly a peculiarly familiar agitation took possession of him... He mused awhile, sat down at the table, and wrote down the following lines in his sacred copy-book, without a single correction:”
“While in a crowded underground carriage, scream 'It's happening again!”
“Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.”

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