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Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.

Love was certainly not safe - not ever.

John Irving, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1942)

The Cider House Rules

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Life wasn't meant to be easy.

Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (1930-2015)

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Life wasn't made to be easy on folks: they wouldn't ever have any reason to be good and die.

No one is ever safe. So why not live as much as you can?

Rita Mae Brown, novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist

Pay Dirt

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No man’s life should be accounted a happy one until it is over.

Life is made for the strong. There is no mercy in it for the weak– none...Such is the tragedy of desire.

Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

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... that life can't be escaped and must be faced entirely.

Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer

The Lay of the Land

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Death came for all, and it was never a matter of “if,” only “when.”

He was dying all his life.

Hector Berlioz, French composer and conductor (1803–1869)

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No life had ever been truly saved, not in the history of mankind. They were merely prolonged. Everything comes to an end.

Hugh Howey, American fiction writer (born 1975)

Dust

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Death was too definite an object to be wished for or avoided.

Life was meant to be lived full measure, flat out, pedal to the metal

Life could not be lived wet, whether it be in rain or tears.

Sanu Sharma, Nepali author, writer, novelist, poet and lyricist

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I never wanted an easy life.