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All he ever knew of her was who he saw every day. All I am is who I am every day. All anyone is to anyone is a series of days.

Charles Yu

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Can you allow yourself to be impaled on the present moment?

T. Scott McLeod

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The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence

T.S. Eliot

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Apparently people commonly died when their loved ones were out of the room. Bathroom break. Quick trip down to the cafeteria for a grilled cheese. It was easier to die if you didn't have family members to worry about at that exact moment.

Easier for the one who was dying, maybe.

Naomi Shihab Nye

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Don’t live in the past – you’ve already been there. And don’t live in the future, either. Tomorrow will be here soon enough. Live in this moment now – it is sacred and unrepeatable. This moment alone holds valuable gifts that should not be missed.

Steve Goodier

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Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you’ll know what it means to live.

Steve Goodier

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A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that removed sense. But Sherlock Holmes is simply there. I would be astonished if I went to 221 1/2 B Baker Street and didn't find him."

[An Invitation to Learning, January 1942]

Rex Stout

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Smiling for no reason at all is the reason i'm smiling

Luke Kennedy

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If I were in his(Prophet Muhammad) presence, I would wash his feet.

Hercules

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