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“When people are dying, they call their old enemies and try to forgive them and try to be forgiven by them. They call their old friends and affirm their love for them, as well as detach themselves from them, and they try to get into as free a space as they can so they're really ready to go. They give away all their possessions and are as generous as possible. They give up old hatreds and grudges, and that's a wise intuitive thing, because it's much freer to live like that.”

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Robert Thurman
Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman is an American writer born on August 3, 1941. His works span various fields, including religion, philosophy, and literature. more

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