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> [“It is strange how intricately life hangs in the scales, and how unrelated events and single decisions alter the outcomes. Some remote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-niles/it-is-strange-how-intricately-life-hangs-in-the-scales-and-how/)

[Sara Niles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-niles/)

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> [“She was not granted the luxury of forgetting her lower middle-class existence where life hangs by an unseen thread to every hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madhu-vajpayee/she-was-not-granted-the-luxury-of-forgetting-her-lower-middle-class/)

[Madhu Vajpayee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madhu-vajpayee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/madhu-vajpayee-44635_disappointment_she-was-not-granted-the-luxury-of-forget_1122307.jpg)

> [In my Lucia's absence Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden; I am ten times undone, while hope, and fear, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/in-my-lucia-s-absence-life-hangs-upon-me-and-becomes-a-burden-i-am/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/joseph-addison-377_absence_in-my-lucia-s-absence-life-hangs-upon-me_1338072.jpg)

> [Life hangs as nothing in the scale against dear Liberty!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-larcom/life-hangs-as-nothing-in-the-scale-against-dear-liberty/)

[Lucy Larcom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-larcom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/lucy-larcom-9021_dear_life-hangs-as-nothing-in-the-scale-again_1954136.jpg)

> [“Quoting Father Seraphim: Our life hangs only by a breath. It is the thread that links you to the Father, the Source,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-yves-leloup/quoting-father-seraphim-our-life-hangs-only-by-a-breath-it-is-the/)

[Jean-Yves Leloup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-yves-leloup/)

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> [“I delay so long, because I fear; because my whole life hangs in balance on a single word; because what I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-d-blackmore/i-delay-so-long-because-i-fear-because-my-whole-life-hangs-in-balance/)

[R.D. Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-d-blackmore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/r-d-blackmore-31201_delay_i-delay-so-long-because-i-fear-because-m_2335555.jpg)

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