25 October 2004
1:36 PM
"All men and women are born, live,
suffer and
die;
what
distinguishes us one from another is our
dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and
what we do to make them come about...
We
do not choose to be born.
We do not choose our parents.
We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the
immediate circumstances of our upbringing.
We do not, most of us, choose to die;
nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death.
But within this realm of choicelessness,
we do choose how we live. "
-Joseph Epstein
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