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“But there are still the hours, aren't there? One and then another, and you get through that one and then, my god, there's another.”
― Michael Cunningham, The Hours

“We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“When in doubt, choose to live.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

“Lilly was not crazy. She left a serious suicide note.
'Sorry,' said the note.
'Just not big enough.”
― John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire

“If you break out of this world you’ll find this world again, only one size larger . . .”
― Shūichi Yoshida, Parade

“You are like the actor who, at the end of the play, with a final word, reveals that he is a different character than the one he appeared to be playing.”
― Édouard Levé, Suicide

“The most mundane details of life are not mundane if they’re done with someone else in mind. When you’re in love, everything’s important.”
― George Bishop, Letter to My Daughter

“We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.”
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade