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Quote by Jean Cocteau
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the deat

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. – Jean Cocteau

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If life has those moments — ecstasies of health, youth and peace… — treasure them. – Byron Caldwell Smith, letter to Kate Stephens

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Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it. – Jonathan Swift

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Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential. – B. Alan Wallace

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Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? – David Brin

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