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He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
Garth Stein
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Garth Stein
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: December 6
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I hear hundreds of years of life. I hear wind and rain and fire and beetles. I hear the seasons changing and birds and squirrels. I hear the life of the trees this wood came from.
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[M]emory is time folding back on itself. To remember is to disengage from the present.
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