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title: "12 Lives Know Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Lives Know quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Lives Know sayings and thoughts."
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> [There are openings in our lives of which we know nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/there-are-openings-in-our-lives-of-which-we-know-nothing/)

[Jane Hirshfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-hirshfield/)

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> [The lives of everyone you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/my-chemical-romance/the-lives-of-everyone-you-know/)

[My Chemical Romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/my-chemical-romance/)

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> [“We can’t go on apologizing all our lives, you know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/we-can-t-go-on-apologizing-all-our-lives-you-know/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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> [He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-ross/he-who-gives-while-he-lives-get-to-know-where-it-goes/)

[Percy Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-ross/)

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> [Remember that there is a meaning to yours and our lives, but we might never know what it exactly is when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/self-reliance/remember-that-there-is-a-meaning-to-yours-and-our-lives-but-we-might/)

[Self-reliance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/self-reliance/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/self-reliance-52853_life_remember-that-there-is-a-meaning-to-your_378347.jpg)

> [How can we live without our lives? How will we know it's us without our past?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/how-can-we-live-without-our-lives-how-will-we-know-it-s-us-without/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/john-steinbeck-71_life_how-can-we-live-without-our-lives-how-wi_2902078.jpg)

> [We've lived with the PAP all our lives, and we know how powerful they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pritam-singh/we-ve-lived-with-the-pap-all-our-lives-and-we-know-how-powerful-they/)

[Pritam Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pritam-singh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/pritam-singh-12462_how_we-ve-lived-with-the-pap-all-our-lives-a_32622.jpg)

> [“I have been a swallower of lives; and to know me, just the one of me, you'll have to swallow the lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/i-have-been-a-swallower-of-lives-and-to-know-me-just-the-one-of-me/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/salman-rushdie-153_swallow_i-have-been-a-swallower-of-lives-and-to_841985.jpg)

> [Our business is to stand strongly for principles, but never to attack persons, about whose lives we can know but little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arundale/our-business-is-to-stand-strongly-for-principles-but-never-to-attack/)

[George Arundale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arundale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/george-arundale-98976_business_our-business-is-to-stand-strongly-for-pr_1433911.png)

> [I know and understand the result of extreme violence in my own life, in my friends' lives, and so I know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salim-akil/i-know-and-understand-the-result-of-extreme-violence-in-my-own-life/)

[Salim Akil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salim-akil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/salim-akil-10564_crime_i-know-and-understand-the-result-of-extr_1321769.jpg)

> [You need to remember that. If you’re to have decent lives, you have to know who you are and what lies ahead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/you-need-to-remember-that-if-you-re-to-have-decent-lives-you-have-to/)

[Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_decent_you-need-to-remember-that-if-you-re-to-h_1959317.jpg)

> [I had been to the South many times and I thought I knew what the South was, but not until you live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genevieve-gorder/i-had-been-to-the-south-many-times-and-i-thought-i-knew-what-the/)

[Genevieve Gorder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genevieve-gorder/)

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