"How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them."

Existence, Life, Love, Loss, Fear

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"In an unfathomable expanse of universe supporting galaxies of star systems with orbiting planets innumerable, I am nothing. And yet to the few bodies encircling my tiny little spot in the world, I am essential."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"But, you see, it's not what you do that matters really. It's only you.""Me what?""Just you here. Or you in the city. Or you somewhere in the world. I don't know. Just that."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Existence, Presence, Meaning, Identity

"If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"I am alive because you want me to."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Existence, Life, Gratitude, Love, Connection

"It is a subliminal thing. It is the tick of a clock that has ticked so long one no longer notices. Something is in a room when a man lives in it. Something is not in the room when a man is dead in it."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Existence, Presence, Spirit, Life, Death

"Each individual is born into life as a creation from the source, and as an inhabitant and visitor to this planet."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"I'm not dead yet, just in a state of rapid decay, who isn't?"

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"If your existence does not make any difference, you are no more than a dead body."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"Life before consciousness was like blank paper, so be it."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Existence, Life, Consciousness, Awareness

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Time

"Don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you're good, bad things can still happen. And if you're bad, you can still be lucky."

Philosophy

"This will be Great Mam's last spring. Her last June apples. Her last fresh roasting ears from the garden."

Reflection

"Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise."

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"But if we can't summon the empathy to imagine what our dead would have asked of us, or the selflessness to give it, then we must accept the desperately sad verdict that each generation's hopes will die with it, and no cumulative progress is possible for the human will."

Philosophy

"Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is."

Knowledge

"It's a selfish habit. I never learn anything from listening to myself."

Psychology

"A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever."

Nature

"Awareness is everything. Hallie once pointed out to me that people worry a lot more about the eternity after their deaths than the eternity that happened before they were born. But it's the same amount of infinity, rolling out in all directions from where we stand."

Philosophy

"Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother."

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"In an unfathomable expanse of universe supporting galaxies of star systems with orbiting planets innumerable, I am nothing. And yet to the few bodies encircling my tiny little spot in the world, I am essential."

"But, you see, it's not what you do that matters really. It's only you.""Me what?""Just you here. Or you in the city. Or you somewhere in the world. I don't know. Just that."

"If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning."

"Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present."

"I am alive because you want me to."

"It is a subliminal thing. It is the tick of a clock that has ticked so long one no longer notices. Something is in a room when a man lives in it. Something is not in the room when a man is dead in it."

"Each individual is born into life as a creation from the source, and as an inhabitant and visitor to this planet."

"I'm not dead yet, just in a state of rapid decay, who isn't?"

"If your existence does not make any difference, you are no more than a dead body."

"Life before consciousness was like blank paper, so be it."

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"It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time."

"Don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you're good, bad things can still happen. And if you're bad, you can still be lucky."

"This will be Great Mam's last spring. Her last June apples. Her last fresh roasting ears from the garden."

"Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise."

"But if we can't summon the empathy to imagine what our dead would have asked of us, or the selflessness to give it, then we must accept the desperately sad verdict that each generation's hopes will die with it, and no cumulative progress is possible for the human will."

"Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is."

"It's a selfish habit. I never learn anything from listening to myself."

"A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever."

"Awareness is everything. Hallie once pointed out to me that people worry a lot more about the eternity *after* their deaths than the eternity that happened before they were born. But it's the same amount of infinity, rolling out in all directions from where we stand."

"Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother."

"Awareness is everything. Hallie once pointed out to me that people worry a lot more about the eternity after their deaths than the eternity that happened before they were born. But it's the same amount of infinity, rolling out in all directions from where we stand."