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    Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.

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The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.

The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.

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Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed read more

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.rn

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Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or read more

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.rn

by Brenda Ueland Found in: Life Quotes,
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We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Life Quotes,
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Saw life steadily and saw it whole.

Saw life steadily and saw it whole.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Life Quotes,
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Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.

Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.

by Ashleigh Brilliant Found in: Life Quotes,
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Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.

by Bugs Bunny Found in: Life Quotes,
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Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and read more

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

by Humphrey Davy Found in: Life Quotes,
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Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

by Cardinal Newman Found in: Life Quotes,
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