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title: "3 Wake Body Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Wake Body quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Wake Body sayings and thoughts."
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> [I can look at cancer as a disease that picks me out and 'why me,' or I can look at it through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-etheridge/i-can-look-at-cancer-as-a-disease-that-picks-me-out-and-why-me-or-i/)

[Melissa Etheridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-etheridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/melissa-etheridge-2952_balance_i-can-look-at-cancer-as-a-disease-that-p_958438.jpg)

> [“I’ve never been to a real Irish wake,” said Lucy. “Just visiting hours at the funeral home.” “You think this’ll be different?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-meier/i-ve-never-been-to-a-real-irish-wake-said-lucy-just-visiting-hours-at/)

[Leslie Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-meier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/leslie-meier-50451_cozy-mystery_i-ve-never-been-to-a-real-irish-wake-sai_1280566.jpg)

> [“The cold stream of visual impressions failed him now as if the eye were a cup that overflowed and let the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/the-cold-stream-of-visual-impressions-failed-him-now-as-if-the-eye-2/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/virginia-woolf-49_sleep_the-cold-stream-of-visual-impressions-fa_2716634.jpg)

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