Many persons have died before they expire—died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of the already deserted mansion.

Many persons have died before they expire—died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of the already deserted mansion.

- Oliver Wendel Holmes, Sr.

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Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.

- Paul Theroux

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What you seek is seeking you.

What you seek is seeking you.

- Rumi

keywords: career , goals , life

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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

- Dolly Parton

keywords: achievment , happiness , life , work

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If I was a sesame seed, I’d be on a roll…

If I was a sesame seed, I’d be on a roll…

- John A Palumbo

keywords: all good , good day , life

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Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

keywords: life , personal growth

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If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

- Ernest Hemingway

keywords: life , youth

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