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The Lifeboat

A Novel
(Book - 2012)
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Feb 04, 2013
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Aren't these supposed to be quotations from The Lifeboat?

Jun 08, 2012
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“Where there is love there is life.”

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“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”

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“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”

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“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”

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“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”

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“But better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

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“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

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“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”

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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”

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“Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.”

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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”

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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.

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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

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“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”

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“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”

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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”

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“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

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“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

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“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.”

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“Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!”

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“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”

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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

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“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.”

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“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”

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“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.”

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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

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“Reality continues to ruin my life.”

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“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

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“Everything you can imagine is real.”

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“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

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“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”

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“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.”

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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”

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“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.”

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

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“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”

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“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

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“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

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