Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together?" she asked. "Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?" "Wouldn't it be great if it did?" I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn't about avoiding suffering.
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SEAN PAUL The Jam went through a phase of wearing satin jackets. But that was pre-getting signed and making it... PAUL WELLER It is possible for the assembly-line worker consigned to tightening the bolts on the transmission an... PAUL HAWKEN The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. JEAN PAUL Traditionally, our ancestors boiled mushrooms in water to make a soothing tea. Boiling served severa... PAUL STAMETS Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains. PAUL WHITEMAN In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that n... PAUL DIRAC It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only y... PAUL GOODMAN The look of a king is itself a deed. JEAN PAUL A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its... PAUL DAVIES