Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
It__ very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you__ always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It__ growth. It__ more than the negative that you__e going to die, it__ also the positive that you understand you__e going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.
Tuesdays with Morrie
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It__ very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you__ always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It__ growth. It__ more than the negative that you__e going to die, it__ also the positive that you understand you__e going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.
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