"The aims of life are the best defense against death."

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Source : Primo Levi (2017). “The Drowned and the Saved”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

Primo Levi

#Death Quotes #Aim Of Life Quotes #Defense Quotes

“The doctors and nurses at the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital are saving lives every day and helping improve health care in the DRC which has been ravaged by more than a decade of war and disease.”
“You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.”
“When someone helps you, then that means one thing, all they expect in return is for you to show them what you're doing and for you to help someone else.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“I'm here to say my legacy in The Octogon is over ... I re-signed last night with @WWE.”
“Come to earth to taste our sadness, He whose glories knew no end. By His life He brings us gladness, our Redeemer, Shepherd, Friend. Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall. This, the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all.”
“Thereâ€™s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.”
“I just kind of tried to stay true to myself.”
“I am the bridge between the bleeding edge and the dead center. I stand between the Wizard of Oz and the man behind the curtain. I am the curtain.”

Source : Peter Watts (2014). “Firefall”, p.31, Head of Zeus

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