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“If I think about what life is, I believe life is a miracle. And if I think about what a miracle is, I don’t believe in it.”

“Knowing how to die costs a lifetime.”

“What I did or didn't do, I think it's over now. And what I will or will not do, I think is also over.”

“Don’t speak to me. I want to be with you.”

“The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children.”

“When I break any of the chains that bind me I feel that I make myself smaller.”

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