I don't want to be reincarnated, that's for sure. When you've had rewa…

Lewis Thomas
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I don't want to be reincarnated, that's for sure. When you've had rewarding experiences in your life - a loving family, friends - you don't need additional reassurances that you're going to do something with a new cast of characters. I'd just as soon pass.
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All of today's DNA, strung through all the cells of the earth, is simply an extension and elaboration of [the] first molecule. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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I don't want to be reincarnated, that's for sure. When you've had rewarding experiences in your life - a loving family, friends - you don't need additional reassurances that you're going to do something with a new cast of characters. I'd just as soon pass.

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