Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best …

William James
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Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendships and intimacies … and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will by the roadside, expecting them to keep by force of mere inertia. ✨ William James (2008). The Letters of William James, Cosimo, Inc.
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