"I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world."

-- Libba Bray

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“Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.”

Source : William Ernest Hocking (1937). “Thoughts on Death and Life”
“Think of a single word. We'll use soul as our example. How do you define soul? Is it the same definition I use? Can it ever be it? My soul is not your soul. Our souls, our definitions, are shaped by the singular and cumulative experiences in our lives, the emotional weight we attach to a concept forever locked in the space behind our own eyes.”
“You could look out the window today, see the sky raining fire, and say that it has all been for nothing, everything we've ever done, because now we've lost. But folk were born and lived and knew friendship and music in this city, ugly as it is, and all across this land that we fought for. Some grew old, and others were less lucky. Many bore children and raised them, and had the pleasure of making them, too, and we gave them that for as long as we could. Who has ever done more, my friend?”
“If they'd said, "Do you want to be John Wesley Harding or Wesley Stace in 25 years' time?" I would have said Wesley Stace, but I wasn't to know.”

Source : Source: articles.chicagotribune.com
“This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal all this pain is an illusion.”

Source : "Song: 'Parabola'". 2002.
“All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.”
“Wait and wait. Most people's lives are spent waiting.”

Source : Sherwood Anderson (2012). “Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories: Winesburg, Ohio / The Triumph of the Egg / Horses and Men / Death in the Woods / Uncollected Stories (Library of America #235)”, p.835, Library of America
“It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.”

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