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> [I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-gramm/i-don-t-accept-defeat-as-final-only-death-is-final-and-even-then-i/)

[Phil Gramm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-gramm/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/phil-gramm-14932_accepting_i-don-t-accept-defeat-as-final-only-deat_157125.jpg)

> [A writer's definitive death is when no one reads his books anymore. That's the final death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/a-writer-s-definitive-death-is-when-no-one-reads-his-books-anymore/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/jos-saramago-208_anymore_a-writer-s-definitive-death-is-when-no-o_160962.png)

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