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Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Writer
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"A fearful instance of the ill consequences attending upon irascibility - alive, with the qualifications of the dead - dead, with the propensities of the living - an anomaly on the face of the earth - being very calm, yet breathless."

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Ben Harper Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Alive

"Now that you've grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we'll never make it out alive..."

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Diem Brown Television Personality
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"I might not have the ability to ever carry a child and I have this damn bag for the time being – but I'm alive."

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Anne Lamott Author, Essayist
Alive

"Life is really pretty tricky, and there's a lot of loss, and the longer you stay alive, the more people you lose whom you actually couldn't live without."

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Toni Morrison Novelist, Essayist
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"Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.' Sethe shook her head. 'Soft as cream. Being alive was the hard part."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"Love asks us to enjoy our life For nothing good can come of death. Who is alive? I ask. Those who are born of love. Seek us in love itself, Seek love in us ourselves. Sometimes I venerate love, Sometimes it venerates me."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"You know that kind of quiver that trembles around through you when you are seeing something so strange and enchanting and wonderful that it is just a fearful joy to be alive and look at it; and you know how you gaze, and your lips turn dry and your breath comes short, but you wouldn't be anywhere but there, not for the world."

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