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George Sand Novelist, Memoirist
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"...Je n’ai pas cessé de l’être si c’est d’être jeune que d’aimer toujours !... L’humanité n’est pas un vain mot. Notre vie est faite d’amour, et ne plus aimer c’est ne plus vivre." (I have never ceased to be young, if being young is always loving... Humanity is not a vain word. Our life is made of love, and to love no longer is to live no longer.)"

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George Sand Novelist, Memoirist
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"Life is a slate where all our sins are written; from time to time we rub the sponge of repentance over it so we can begin sinning again."

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Franz Kafka Writer
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"It's sometimes quite astonishing that a single, average life is enough to encompass so much that it's at all possible ever to have any success in one's work here."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"The social system is taking on a form in which finding out what you want to do is less and less of an option because your life is too structured, organised, controlled and disciplined."

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter
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"If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn they will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
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"One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot."

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