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> [“We all got to die," she said. "But dying as your true self is always better. God'll take you however you come to Him. But it's easier on a soul to come to Him clean. You're forever free that way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcbride/we-all-got-to-die-she-said-but-dying-as-your-true-self-is-always/)

[James McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcbride/)

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> [People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/people-always-say-things-like-oh-well-he-was-suffering-so-much-that/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

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