"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."
-Norman Cousins
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"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.“
-Norman Cousins
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