That's when you realize that most of it-life, the relentless mechanism of existing-isn't about you. It doesn't include … - Lauren Oliver

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Human beings are what I think of as "biomythic" animals: we're controlled largely by the stories we tell. When we get the story wrong, we get out of harmony with the rest of the natural order.

Lauren Oliver

That's when you realize that most of it-life, the relentless mechanism of existing-isn't about you. It doesn't include you at all. It will thrust onward even after you've jumped the edge. Even after you're dead.

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