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“And it wasn't fair. That was the thing that was at the heart of my reluctance and my resentment. Some people make it out of their stories unscathed, thriving. Some people don't.”

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Book:Transcendent Kingdom

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“I couldn't imagine living the way she lived, free, like an exposed wire ready and willing to touch whatever it touched. I couldn't imagine being willing, and even after those few stolen moments of psychedelic transcendence, nonaddictive, harmless, and, yes, euphoric, I still couldn't imagine being free.”

Freedom Living Free Captivity Closed

Book:Transcendent Kingdom

Source: Transcendent Kingdom

“I still accept an imperative of knowledge, through which men may be influenced, but then it must come alive in me, and this is what I now recognize as the most important of all. This is what my soul thirsts for as the African deserts thirst for water. This is what I need to live, a completely human life and not merely one of knowledge”

Life Philosophy Poetry Knowledge Living Existentialism

Author:Søren Kierkegaard

“I shall not live in vain.”

Life Lessons Living Vain Live Your Life

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“You are part of the universe after all – at times, you are in control; other times, you are bound to let go and flow by witnessing the magic of this world, that’s part of being alive.”

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Book:Equilibrium

Source: Equilibrium

“Never begrudge the seed you sow in good soil, for it is the harvest that comes from that sowing that will determine whether you live or die next spring. Think not only for this day, but for the one that is to come.”

Future Living Harvest Sowing Seeds

Book:Prince of Dogs

Source: Prince of Dogs

“Your problems cannot be compared with thy privilege of living.”

Motivational Living Problesm

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“Your problems cannot be compared with the privilege of living.”

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Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“It took me many years to realize that it's hard to live in this world. I don't mean the mechanics of living, because for most of us, our hearts will beat, our lungs will take in oxygen, without us doing anything at all to tell them to. For most of us, mechanically, physically, it's harder to die than it is to live. But still we try to die. We drive too fast down winding roads, we have sex with strangers without wearing protection, we drink, we use drugs. We try to squeeze a little more life out of our lives. It's natural to want to do that. But to be alive in the world, every day, as we are given more and more and more, as the nature of "what we can handle" changes and our methods for how we handle it change, too, that's something of a miracle.”

Living Miracles Reckless To Live

Book:Transcendent Kingdom

Source: Transcendent Kingdom

“Smile more, Love fiercely, Live life.”

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Author:Fausat Omolara Ayinla

“Every living being is given the opportunity to live life.”

Life Inspirational Living

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

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