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title: "6 Experiences Moment Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“There are two possible experiences of every moment: the moment as experienced by Essence and the moment experienced by the ego. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-lake/there-are-two-possible-experiences-of-every-moment-the-moment-as/)

[Gina Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-lake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/gina-lake-20210_every-moment_there-are-two-possible-experiences-of-ev_398991.jpg)

> [If you don't have your experiences in the moment, if you gloss them over with jokes or zoom past them, you end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/if-you-don-t-have-your-experiences-in-the-moment-if-you-gloss-them/)

[David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/david-rakoff-3308_curiously_if-you-don-t-have-your-experiences-in-th_1514774.png)

> [Wishes that everyone experiences at least one moment today that made them smile, at the end of the day it's the little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/wishes-that-everyone-experiences-at-least-one-moment-today-that-made/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/nishan-panwar-14_end-of-the-day_wishes-that-everyone-experiences-at-leas_2110752.jpg)

> [What remains of your past if you didn't allow yourself to feel it when it happened? If you don't have your experiences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/what-remains-of-your-past-if-you-didn-t-allow-yourself-to-feel-it/)

[David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/david-rakoff-3308_dispassionate_what-remains-of-your-past-if-you-didn-t_2603975.png)

> [“What remains of your past if you didn't allow yourself to feel it when it happened? If you don't have your experiences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/what-remains-of-your-past-if-you-didn-t-allow-yourself-to-feel-it-2/)

[David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/david-rakoff-3308_memories_what-remains-of-your-past-if-you-didn-t_2928207.jpg)

> [I think that when you've only lived 17 years, you don't have, you haven't had a full canon of experiences, so every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-mabius/i-think-that-when-you-ve-only-lived-17-years-you-don-t-have-you-haven/)

[Eric Mabius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-mabius/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/eric-mabius-45201_because_i-think-that-when-you-ve-only-lived-17-y_3113234.png)

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