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“Though the world is a dangerous place, it is also a safe place.”

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“What life she had left could be measured in hours. Small recompense though they were, they belonged to me now. I had only to claim them.”

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Source: Orphan Number Eight

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Author:Dorothy Ley

“You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now on, little by little, you must prepare yourself to face death. If you devote all of your future energy to living, you will not be able to die well. You must begin to shift gears, a little at a time. Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value."--Nimit in "Thailand”

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Book:After the Quake

Source: After the Quake

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Book:Persepolis THE Story of A Childhood

Source: Persepolis THE Story of A Childhood

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Author:Carrie Chavez Hansen

“The Count himself was ready to die, and he would be glad to die here alone, without pretence and mockery, with no troop of expectant relatives about his bed. The world was not what he had thought it at twenty-- or even at forty.”

Book:Shadows on the Rock

Source: Shadows on the Rock

“Everything that flowers, dies too, but in its dying provides seed of a new beginning.”

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Book:Songs of the Mist

Source: Songs of the Mist

“She always said she'd prefer to die on her way to the moon than under a runaway bus.”

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Book:Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

Source: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd