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Quote by Norman Cousins
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives -

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives – the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. – Norman Cousins

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The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patients hopes are the physicians secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. – Norman Cousins

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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death. – Alfred Russel Wallace

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Marriage can be viewed as the waiting room for death. – Mike Myers

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. – Leo Tolstoy

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