Even death, faced with the option of death or life, she would choose life. ― José Saramago

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I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him. ― C.S. Lewis

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Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves. ― Richard Feynman

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You can’t get to a time before the Big Bang because there was no time before the Big Bang. We have finally found something that doesn’t have a cause, because there was no time for a cause to exist in.

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His words are like the sound of a needle dragging across a record. A sinking, sickening feeling washes over me. This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So, when the whole things spills, you aren't as devastated. ― Emily Giffin

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We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit. ― Steve Maraboli

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I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us...It was all about letting go of everything. ― Pema Chodron

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. - Voltaire

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Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone. ― Saul Bellow

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Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story. ― Lionel Shriver

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