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“There are few things we can control; our emotions are not among them.”
― Lee Gutkind, At the End of Life: True Stories About How We Die

“And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins”
― C.S Lewis

“If you can't be free, be a mystery.”
― Rita Dove

“I don’t know if you or I exist, but somewhere there are poems about us.”
― Linh Dinh

“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman

“So my mother was one of the few people on the island who could hear foghorns at night and seagulls in the morning, and being responsible for so much listening made her a very quiet person.”
― Samantha Hunt, The Seas