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Quote by Gertrude Stein
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to s

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death. – Gertrude Stein

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When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that. – Gertrude Stein

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There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing. – Gertrude Stein

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The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesnt make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. – Gertrude Stein

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Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives. – Christy Turlington

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I now bid farewell to the country of my birth – of my passions – of my death a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies – whose factions I sought to quell – whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim – whose freedom has been my fatal dream. – Thomas Francis Meagher

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Death is a commingling of eternity with time in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I mean, death is a serious thing, certainly not to be sneezed at. – Steven Patrick Morrissey

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