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The inside and the outside of our lives are each the shell where we learn to live.

The inside and the outside of our lives are each the shell where we learn to live.
– Jeanette Winterson

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  3. Live to learn to love. Learn to love to live. Love to live to learn so that you may live the life that you yearn. – Rico Dasheem
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