"Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering."

Suffering, Waiting, Decision, Forgetfulness

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"Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering."

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Ally Condie, American Author

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"I thought maybe if she could express herself rather than suffer herself, if she had a way to relieve the burden, she lived for nothing more than living, with nothing to get inspired by, to care for, to call her own, she helped out at the store, then came home and sat in her big chair and stared at her magazines, not at them but through them, she let the dust accumulate on her shoulders."

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