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We would all be better off if our doctors took us aside, sat down next to us, and gave us this compassionate,… — Bill Phillips Copy Share Image
I won the argument against the knife that night, but barely. I had some other good ideas around that time--about how jumping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
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