AND THE DEAD? DON’T WORRY ABOUT THEM, THEY ARE NEVER FAR. THEY’RE ALWAYS AROUND TO REMIND US OF OUR ULTIMATE FATE. THE TRICK, I HAD LEARNED, WAS NOT HOLDING ON SO TIGHT TO LIFE THAT YOU BECAME TO SCARED TO LIVE. THAT WAS THE SAME AS LIVING TO DIE. NO. THE THING WAS TO LIVE LIKE YOU HAD ALREADY DIED.

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-Bill Carter, “Fools Rush In”

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