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This reads as a definition of survival as active, not passive. It can be taken to mean that living on is not about triumphing over death, but about accepting mortality and choosing to keep going for now. It lands in recovery, after crisis, or after illness, when even getting through today can feel like a form of defiance.
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Originally said in English.
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About Laurence Gonzales
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