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Books externalise our brains and turn our homes into thinking bodies.

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Books externalise our brains and turn our homes into thinking bodies.

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Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.

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I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.

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I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that's very telling.

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