“In this lengthy riposte, the philosopher informs Paulinus that “learning how to live takes a whole life,” and the sense most of us have that our lives are cruelly brief is a specious one: “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”
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“Never trust anyone Daniel, especially the people you admire”
“Life owes you nothing. In fact, you owe it - your best. Because you got it for nothing.”
“Life should be about trying new things ,exploring boundaries, I reminded myself.”