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title: "7 Cling Life Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uesugi-kenshin/those-who-cling-to-life-die-and-those-who-defy-death-live/)

[Uesugi Kenshin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uesugi-kenshin/)

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> [Why do we cling to life and why are we afraid of death? You may not have thought about it. The reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/why-do-we-cling-to-life-and-why-are-we-afraid-of-death-you-may-not/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [“In spite of her superficial independence, her fundamental need was to cling. All her life was an attempt to disprove it; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/in-spite-of-her-superficial-independence-her-fundamental-need-was-to/)

[John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/)

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> [When you cling, life is destroyed; when you hold on to anything, you cease to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/when-you-cling-life-is-destroyed-when-you-hold-on-to-anything-you/)

[Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/)

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> [To resist change, to try to cling to life, is therefore like holding your breath: if you persist you kill yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/to-resist-change-to-try-to-cling-to-life-is-therefore-like-holding/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

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> [“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/most-of-us-cling-to-life-as-if-our-existence-were-a-result-of-our/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

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> [We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/we-are-doomed-to-cling-to-a-life-even-while-we-find-it-unendurable/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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