"I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence."

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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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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