One cannot be honest even at the end of one's life, for no one is wholly alone. We … - Florida Scott-Maxwell

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The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.

Florida Scott-Maxwell

One cannot be honest even at the end of one's life, for no one is wholly alone. We are bound to those we love, or to those who love us, and to those who need us to be brave, or content, or even happy enough to allow them not to worry about us. So we must refrain from giving pain, as our last gift to our fellows.

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You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality. When at last age has assembled you together, will it not be easy to let it all go, lived, balanced, over?

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