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The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right.
Marya Mannes
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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.
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It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.
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All wars derive from lack of empathy: the incapacity of one to understand and accept the likeness or difference of another. Whether in nations or the encounters of race and sex, competition then replaces compassion, subjection excludes mutuality.
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You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.
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A high standard of living is usually accompanied by a low standard of thinking.
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The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.
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One is as one is, and the love that can't encompass both is a poor sort of love.
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