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...Trying is not the same as being. Trying flies in a circle around the moment and *being* is inside of it.

…Trying is not the same as being. Trying flies in a circle around the moment and *being* is inside of it.
– Augusten Burroughs

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  3. This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them. – Augusten Burroughs
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  5. He continues to smile expectantly. I take a step back. I don’t want to catch whatever he has. He is a disturbing out-of-uniform Santa. – Augusten Burroughs
  6. I discovered the bleeding when he licked my hand and left a swath of blood behind, death’s autograph. – Augusten Burroughs
  7. I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. – Augusten Burroughs
  8. Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. – Victor J Stenger
  9. Every moment is a moment of hope, moment of beauty, a moment of joy and it is our life. – Debasish Mridha
  10. Amy! Sit correctly, you are wearing a dress…feet on the floor and your knees together girl…You are trying to catch a husband, not flies ! – Amy Mah
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  13. Some say that Love, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings and in a moment flies. – Antoine Franois Prvost dExiles
  14. We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place. – William S Burroughs
  15. The point is to be in the moment, not miss the moment while trying to capture it. – Sheralyn Pratt
  16. Much of life appears mundane at the time. Yet in God’s providence every moment includes significant details arranged by His divine hand. – Dillon Burroughs
  17. In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. (17) – Victoria Moran
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  19. Enjoy the moment, this is all we have at this moment. This moment is our life. – Debasish Mridha
  20. A kiss is a moment of quantum leaps, a moment of shared joy, and a moment of bliss. – Debasish Mridha
  21. Life happened in the past. Life will happen in the future, but life is happening at this moment. Live in this moment. Seize this moment! – Debasish Mridha
  22. There is no other space, no other time. This moment is all. In this moment the whole existence converges, in this moment all is available. – Osho
  23. Every moment that we live our life, we live for the moment and then the moment dies. – Debasish Mridha
  24. Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives. – Mary Balogh
  25. Not only have people stopped trying to be attractive when they are out among other people, but they are no longer even trying not to look ugly! – Milan Kundera
  26. If you are not trying to participate or win then you are trying to fail. – Debasish Mridha
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  28. To fail at trying is worse than to fail after trying. If we never try, then we never learn. – Lindsey Rietzsch
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  30. Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. – Peter F Drucker
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  34. We must be trying to learn who we really are rather than trying to tell ourselves who we should be. – John Powell
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  37. When you keep a secret from your parents, you’re not trying to protect yourself. It’s because you’re trying to protect them. – Judy Balan
  38. I’ve been trying to figure that out since I met him. I’ve had more luck trying to smell the color nine. – Jenny Allen
  39. If you keep pushing away the ones who are trying to love you, eventually, they’ll stop trying. – Elizabeth Bourgeret
  40. How ironic it would be, to die at his hands while trying to save him, when he first came to me because he was trying to save me. – Beth Revis

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