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title: "4 Souls Abandon Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Everything we do these days - our lust for ever more comfort, pleasure, and distraction, our refusal to engage with the mandates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/everything-we-do-these-days-our-lust-for-ever-more-comfort-pleasure/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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> [“We were alone here. We had always been alone here. When we died and rid ourselves of our meaningless existences, we would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-sheehan/we-were-alone-here-we-had-always-been-alone-here-when-we-died-and-rid/)

[Madeline Sheehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-sheehan/)

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> [When I look in the mirror, I see a woman with secrets. When we don’t listen to our intuition, we abandon our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/when-i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-a-woman-with-secrets-when-we-don-t/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

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> [For far too long we have been seduced into walking a path that did not lead us to ourselves. For far too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/for-far-too-long-we-have-been-seduced-into-walking-a-path-that-did/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

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