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title: "3 Life Interior Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Life Interior quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Life Interior sayings and thoughts."
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> [Our real journey in life is interior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/our-real-journey-in-life-is-interior/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/thomas-merton-231_conformity_our-real-journey-in-life-is-interior-126_1269301.jpg)

> [My life is a very interior and solitary life. I tend not to care that much about external things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/my-life-is-a-very-interior-and-solitary-life-i-tend-not-to-care-that/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/joyce-carol-oates-344_care_my-life-is-a-very-interior-and-solitary_2730315.png)

> [Our real journey in life is interior; It is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/our-real-journey-in-life-is-interior-it-is-a-matter-of-growth/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/thomas-merton-231_action_our-real-journey-in-life-is-interior-it_3203641.jpg)

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