"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards."
-Soren Kierkegaard
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"There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.“
-Soren Kierkegaard
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