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“It's important to have as much fun as possible while we're here. It balances out the times when the minefield of life explodes.”
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“I tell you loneliness is the thing to master. Courage and fear, love, death are only parts of it and can easily be ruled afterwards. If I make myself master my own loneliness there will be peace or safety: and perhaps these are the same.”
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“A broken heart is such a shabby thing, like poverty and failure and the incurable diseases which are also deforming. I hate it and am ashamed of it, and I must somehow repair this heart and put it back into its normal condition, as a tough somewhat scarred but operating organ.”
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“Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.”
― A Salty Piece of Land
― A Salty Piece of Land
“You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile”
― A Pirate Looks at Fifty
― A Pirate Looks at Fifty
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