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title: "2 Living Ability Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“This is it, I thought. This is the part of us that makes our brief, improbable little lives worth living: the ability to reach through our own isolation and find strength, and comfort, and warmth for and in each other.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/this-is-it-i-thought-this-is-the-part-of-us-that-makes-our-brief/)

[Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/)

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> [This is the part of us that makes our brief, improbable little lives worth living: the ability to reach through our own isolation and find strength, and comfort, and warmth for and in each other. This is what human beings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/this-is-the-part-of-us-that-makes-our-brief-improbable-little-lives/)

[Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/)

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