"I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own fame, I wrote about famous athletes chasing theirs."

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"I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own fame, I wrote about famous athletes chasing theirs."

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"That was the end of his driving.. That was the end of his walking free.. That was the end of his privacy.. And that was the end of his secret."

Privacy

"But I do know we're deficient in some way. We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted."

Simplicity

"Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else."

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"I lifted my eyes, and, for the first time, admitted the truth."I gave up," I whispered."Don't give up," she whispered back."

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"Never tell a child that something it's too hard."

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"If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your heard even, you experience them fully and completely."

Sensitivity

"Some things you endure for a reason."

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"Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else."

Legacy

"You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning. Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until sixty-five."

Fulfillment