"Life goes on, yes, and our capacity for self-deception accompanies it."

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"Liberty dies where there is agreement without thought or argument."

— Martin Firrell

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"Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots."

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"Let me die in my footsteps before I go under the ground."

— Bob Dylan

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