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title: "7 Existed Forever Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Novelists and poets have existed side by side forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-brakhage/novelists-and-poets-have-existed-side-by-side-forever/)

[Stan Brakhage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-brakhage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/stan-brakhage-23712_forever_novelists-and-poets-have-existed-side-by_166530.png)

> [In a dog's world, only three states existed: "now," "in a while," and "forever." If someone left, he was gone "forever," and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-lackey/in-a-dog-s-world-only-three-states-existed-now-in-a-while-and-forever/)

[Mercedes Lackey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-lackey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/mercedes-lackey-2374_dog_in-a-dog-s-world-only-three-states-exist_742477.png)

> [Buddhism has existed forever, just like we have, and occasionally it's codified; it's put together into a system by someone who likes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/buddhism-has-existed-forever-just-like-we-have-and-occasionally-it-s/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_buddhism-has-existed-forever-just-like-w_1054919.jpg)

> [“There is no such thing as death. Life existed before we were born and will continue to exist after we leave this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/there-is-no-such-thing-as-death-life-existed-before-we-were-born-and/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [When I looked at the painting I felt the same convergence on a single point: a glancing sun-struck instance that existed now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/when-i-looked-at-the-painting-i-felt-the-same-convergence-on-a-single/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/donna-tartt-391_ankles_when-i-looked-at-the-painting-i-felt-the_2988971.jpg)

> [Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally, among mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/hero-worship-exists-has-existed-and-will-forever-exist-universally/)

[Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/thomas-carlyle-207_forever_hero-worship-exists-has-existed-and-will_3022919.png)

> [When I looked at the painting I felt the same convergence on a single point: a flickering sun-struck instance that existed now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/when-i-looked-at-the-painting-i-felt-the-same-convergence-on-a-single-2/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/donna-tartt-391_ankles_when-i-looked-at-the-painting-i-felt-the_3134159.jpg)

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