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> [“But I think sometimes happiness just meant living. Being present. Being alive. Being surrounded by those you loved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paige-weaver/but-i-think-sometimes-happiness-just-meant-living-being-present-being/)

[Paige Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paige-weaver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/paige-weaver-58016_happiness_but-i-think-sometimes-happiness-just-mea_41944.jpg)

> [We were not having any fun, he had recently begun pointing out. I would take exception (didn't we do this, didn't we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/we-were-not-having-any-fun-he-had-recently-begun-pointing-out-i-would/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/joan-didion-497_doing-things_we-were-not-having-any-fun-he-had-recent_1099000.jpg)

> [Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivana-trump/life-is-meant-for-living-i-know-that-sounds-simplistic-but-how-many/)

[Ivana Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivana-trump/)

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> [“All I know, lying in this bed or not lying here, is that this is the life that was given to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-housden/all-i-know-lying-in-this-bed-or-not-lying-here-is-that-this-is-the/)

[Roger Housden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-housden/)

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> [Was there another life she was meant to be living? At times she felt a keen certainty that there was ― a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laini-taylor/was-there-another-life-she-was-meant-to-be-living-at-times-she-felt-a/)

[Laini Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laini-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/laini-taylor-258_another-life_was-there-another-life-she-was-meant-to_3029634.png)

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