"I shudder at the very thought of being born again into this world. Life to me . . . has been a monstrous, painful, agonizing affair, and the idea of repeating such an existence - even if better in a way - is horrifying to me. . . . I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it."

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Source : "The Search for a Soul". Book by Jess Stearn, 1972.

Taylor Caldwell

#Ideas Quotes #Looks Quotes #World Quotes

“It was really like waking up one morning and going, Wow, I enjoy being with this person more than anybody else in my life, and it just turned out to be mutual.”
“Recognize that everyone suffers in their own life, even if you don't see it; even if you think they've got it easy.”
“The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.”
“Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you'll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise.”
“In order to avoid contention, never contradict anyone, except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary to contradict others, and to oppose your opinion to theirs, do it with so much mildness and tact, as not to appear to do violence to their mind, for nothing is ever gained by taking up things with excessive warmth and hastiness.”
“The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.”
“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.”
“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

Source : David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.64, Random House

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