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Rainer Maria Rilke Poet, Novelist
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"You must think that something is happening upon you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand; it will not let you fall."

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Thomas Huxley Biologist, Anthropologist
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"It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts."

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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher
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"At death our friends and relatives either draw nearer to us and are found out, or depart farther from us and are forgotten. Friends are as often brought nearer together as separated by death."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"Déjà vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that make no sense. It show that time doesn't pass. It's a leap into something we have already experienced and that is being repeated."

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Jack London Novelist, Journalist
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"His bondage had softened him. Irresponsibility had weakened him. He had forgotten how to shift for himself. The night yawned about him."

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George Orwell Writer, Journalist
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"It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought...should be literally unthinkable, at least so far as thought is dependent on words."

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