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We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said." Love is the only rational act. ↗

— Morrie Schwartz

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By almost every account he's a fine young man. I'm simply trying to figure out why I should care that he's three centimeters taller than he was in May. ↗

— John Burnham Schwartz

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Then I'm a paunchy guy in a room, with a note pinned to his sleeve: "You were alone in the world," it says, "and did a kindness for someone in need. Good for you. Now post this module, and follow this map to the home of Mrs. Ken Schwartz. Care for her with some big money that will come in the mail. Find someone to love. Your heart has never been broken. You've never done anything unforgivable or hurt anyone beyond reparation. Everyone you've ever loved you've treated like gold. ↗

— George Saunders

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Men had suddenly become a scarce commodity, if not quite as sought after as rice. ↗

— John Burnham Schwartz

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Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another ↗

— Morrie Schwartz

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