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> [“You think such an attitude is admirable. Manly, heroic even. 'Lived harmlessly.' 'Kept to himself.' Hide away somewhere and your past will cease to exist. You won't have to account for it. You'll feel no obligation to explain your actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-just/you-think-such-an-attitude-is-admirable-manly-heroic-even-lived/)

[Ward Just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-just/)

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## Other authors on Cease to exist

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-andre-aciman-459.jpg) André Aciman 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cease-to-exist/andre-aciman/)

## More by Ward Just

> [“The Just and the unJust inhabiting the same body, so close you can’t pry us apart, but we are not friends. He speaks, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-just/the-just-and-the-unjust-inhabiting-the-same-body-so-close-you-can-t/)

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> [Watching a baseball game on television is like chasing the great white whale in a goldfish bowl. It trivializes everything: men two inches high,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-just/watching-a-baseball-game-on-television-is-like-chasing-the-great/)

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> [“You could never know what transpired beneath another's skin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-just/you-could-never-know-what-transpired-beneath-another-s-skin/)

[Ward Just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-just/)

> [“He explained what he saw in her eyes, which was not sadness or disappointment but understanding. Sympathy, he said, and wit. At some level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-just/he-explained-what-he-saw-in-her-eyes-which-was-not-sadness-or/)

[Ward Just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-just/)

> [“What brings us anywhere? You take one turn instead of another, you meet one woman instead of another, you have good health or you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-just/what-brings-us-anywhere-you-take-one-turn-instead-of-another-you-meet/)

[Ward Just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-just/)

> [“You think such an attitude is admirable. Manly, heroic even. 'Lived harmlessly.' 'Kept to himself.' Hide away somewhere and your past will cease to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-just/you-think-such-an-attitude-is-admirable-manly-heroic-even-lived/)

[Ward Just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-just/)

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