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I don’t know why we live, but I believe we can go on living for the reason that (always of course up to a certain point) life is the most valuable thing we know anything about, and it is therefore presumptively a great mistake to surrender it while there is any yet left in the cup.
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― The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883–1884: Volume 2
― The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883–1884: Volume 2
