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If we are fortunate, we ‘beat’ the cancer. If not, we are posthumously praised for having ‘succumbed after a long battle.’

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As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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