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Alive Quote by Lewis Hyde

“A gift that cannot be given away ceases to be a gift. The spirit of a gift is kept alive by its constant donation.” quote by Lewis Hyde — Download Open image

“A gift that cannot be given away ceases to be a gift. The spirit of a gift is kept alive by its constant donation.”

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Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage.

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We forgive when we give up attachment to our wounds.

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All that we make and do is shaped by the communities and traditions that contain us, not to mention by money, power, politics, and…

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An anaesthetic is a poet-killer.

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Bruce Springsteen

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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.

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I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

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I can't say that there are 'things' that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive.

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We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

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I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive.

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The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.

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