...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thin…

Julian Barnes
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...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life and the conditions it comes with; and that if this person decides to renounce the gift no one asks for, it is the moral and human duty to act on the consequences of that decision. ✨ Julian Barnes (2011). The Sense of an Ending, p.48, Random House
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