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> [That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn’t mean we have to bow and grovel to it. That maybe even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/that-life-whatever-else-it-is-is-short-that-fate-is-cruel-but-maybe/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [“But it is one thing to resolve to die, quite another to actually carry out that resolve in the midst of dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-k-jemisin/but-it-is-one-thing-to-resolve-to-die-quite-another-to-actually-carry/)

[N.K. Jemisin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-k-jemisin/)

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