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> [We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-are-all-going-i-thought-and-it-applies-to-turtles-and-turtlenecks/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [“The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-buddha-said-that-suffering-was-caused-by-desire-we-d-learned-and/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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