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> [“Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that each in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/strange-that-men-from-age-to-age-should-consent-to-hold-their-lives/)

[William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/)

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> [“God never tells us to give up things just for the sake of giving them up, but He tells us to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/god-never-tells-us-to-give-up-things-just-for-the-sake-of-giving-them/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/we-hold-each-other-s-lives-in-our-open-hands-not-in-clenched-fists/)

[Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/)

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> [The idea of women having a complete hold on their lives is still alien in a lot of places. So, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esme-creed-miles/the-idea-of-women-having-a-complete-hold-on-their-lives-is-still/)

[Esme Creed-Miles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esme-creed-miles/)

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> [“Besides, I seemed to hold two lives—the life of thought, and that of reality; and, provided the former was nourished with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/besides-i-seemed-to-hold-two-lives-the-life-of-thought-and-that-of/)

[Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/charlotte-bronte-144_daily-bread_besides-i-seemed-to-hold-two-lives-the-l_2531925.jpg)

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