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> [“For loss is our common denominator. None of us will escape it. None of us will outrun death. What do we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-alexander/for-loss-is-our-common-denominator-none-of-us-will-escape-it-none-of/)

[Elizabeth Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-alexander/)

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> [There is a real danger of the United Kingdom breaking up. There is a loss of common identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-davies/there-is-a-real-danger-of-the-united-kingdom-breaking-up-there-is-a/)

[Norman Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-davies/)

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> [It may be argued that the past is a country from which we have all emigrated, that its loss is part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/it-may-be-argued-that-the-past-is-a-country-from-which-we-have-all/)

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

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> [That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/that-loss-is-common-would-not-make-my-own-less-bitter-rather-more-too/)

[Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/)

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