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> [ “\[About the main character approaching death in old age, observed by her husband . . .\] He saw that she had already laid down a large portion of her life long ago. Piece by piece she had given it away… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/about-the-main-character-approaching-death-in-old-age-observed-by-her/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

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## More by Michael D. O'Brien

> [“Words are gold, split and shared as coinage, small pebbles, emblems offered back and forth-given, received; given, received-expanding the vocabulary of the soul”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/words-are-gold-split-and-shared-as-coinage-small-pebbles-emblems/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“You can't just sit there hating the wound, Tan, or indulging in bitterness. Whatever you become in life, always ask yourself, am I making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/you-can-t-just-sit-there-hating-the-wound-tan-or-indulging-in/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“The human mind is stimulated by change, motivated by meeting the challenge of novelty or threat or pleasure, rewarded with the sensations of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/the-human-mind-is-stimulated-by-change-motivated-by-meeting-the/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“We are resisting the technological corruption of our humanity with technology. We’re also resisting with our thinking, our perseverance, our friendships…In the end, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/we-are-resisting-the-technological-corruption-of-our-humanity-with/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“We must all make the mental leap from the pious histories we have read in the martyrologies to the reality of living flesh and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/we-must-all-make-the-mental-leap-from-the-pious-histories-we-have/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“Was there a missing component in all human beings? The rural masses seeking the metropolis; the urban young fleeing to the woods. Women pretending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/was-there-a-missing-component-in-all-human-beings-the-rural-masses/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [ “\[About the main character approaching death in old age, observed by her husband . . .\] He saw that she had already laid down… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/about-the-main-character-approaching-death-in-old-age-observed-by-her/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“For those who suffer disposal, the cost is their very lives. For those of us who survive, there is a creeping indifference to anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/for-those-who-suffer-disposal-the-cost-is-their-very-lives-for-those/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“We came to know that love is the soul of the world, though its body bleeds, and we must learn to bleed with it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/we-came-to-know-that-love-is-the-soul-of-the-world-though-its-body/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“Each tool reshapes the one who is apparently the master of the tool. I ask myself this: At what point does the tool, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/each-tool-reshapes-the-one-who-is-apparently-the-master-of-the-tool-i/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“Tell me, Anna, if man is capable of projecting his belief onto the cosmos, isn't it possible by the same token, that he can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/tell-me-anna-if-man-is-capable-of-projecting-his-belief-onto-the/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“They’re convinced that the more conservative you are the more orthodox you are. They’re more Catholic than the Pope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/they-re-convinced-that-the-more-conservative-you-are-the-more/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“Man projects his wounds upon the world, my friend. He judges everything, and in the judging he reveals himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/man-projects-his-wounds-upon-the-world-my-friend-he-judges-everything/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“If you are a true logos and I am a true logos, then there is the possibility of the dia-logos—a true dialogue...What is true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/if-you-are-a-true-logos-and-i-am-a-true-logos-then-there-is-the/)

[Michael D. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-d-o-brien/)

> [“In this world are many people who do not master their bodies. Such people say that no one can tell them what to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-d-o-brien/in-this-world-are-many-people-who-do-not-master-their-bodies-such/)

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