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Who am I to say that these things might not be forever? Who is Peter Van Houten to assert as fact the conjecture that our labor is temporary? All I kn...more

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Here's the thing about Hazel: Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to b...more

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One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home ... With this swing set, your child(ren) will be introduced to the ups and downs of hu...more

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I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't ...more

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Apparently, the world is not a wish-granting factory.

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All salvation is temporary, . . . I bought them a minute. Maybe that's the minute that buys them an hour, which is the hour that buys them a year. No ...more

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The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who invented the smal...more

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One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home. Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he or she or they will look into ...more

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There was quite a lot of competitiveness about it, with everybody wanting to beat not only cancer itself, but also the other people in the room. Like,...more

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You'll... you'll... live your best life today.

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I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, "This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.

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If you don't live a life in service of a greater good, you've gotta at least die a death in service of a greater good, you know? And I fear that I won...more

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Funerals, I had decided, are for the living.

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According to the conventions of the genre, Augustus Waters kept his sense of humor till the end, did not for a moment waiver in his courage, and his s...more

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...everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.