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“I’ve been thinking a lot about legacies lately. Life seems to be a waste without someone to share it with and even more so when there’s no one to benefit from your efforts when you’re gone. Sort of makes you want to throw your hands up in the air and stop working. Luckily, that feeling forces you to focus more on today… even if only to avoid being depressed while thinking about an empty, distant tomorrow. What can I do today to enrich others? What can I share with the people I encounter today?”

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Author:Lashawnda Jones
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“I know the truth, and I will tell you now: He was admired, loved, cheered, honored, respected. In life as well as in death. A great man, he is. A great man, he was. A great man he will be. He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave. And I knew, as Denny sped me toward the doctor who would fix me, that if I had already accomplished what I set out to accomplish here on earth, if I had already learned what I was meant to learn, I would have left the curb one second later than I had, and I would have been killed instantly by that car. But I was not killed. Because I was not finished. I still had work to do.”

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Book:The Art of Racing in the Rain
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“Seriously? You're okay with sharing? Most of my dates hate when I ask to taste their food." "Saffron." His tone has grown rather severe. "Yes?" "First, I don't want to hear about your other dates, it'll only piss me off. You are here with me." Possessive much? And yet that declaration has my tummy flip-flopping in pleasure. "Fair. What's two?" "If I don't share then I won't be getting any of that and I really want to try that." "Oh, Logan, yes you do. This is like crack." His smile comes in a flash. "Then hand me your bread plate.”

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Book:Waiting for the One
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“Sometimes, Anselm – and especially with the most important parts of our lives – we cannot share who we are. We can give the facts, as information, to a stranger; but with a friend we want to give that little bit more, something that changes the facts into flesh and spirit . . . and at certain times we can’t do it. Because ultimately we can’t give away our depths: they lie beyond our grasp. It is when we most want to do so that we realize how immense we are . . . more vast and mysterious than the night sky; and alone.”

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Book:The Day of the Lie
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