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One's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one.

-Jamaica Kincaid

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One's Obligation Every Day, Is To Choose

Jamaica Kincaid

One's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one.

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Love and hatred don't take turns; they exist side by side at the same time. and one's duty, one's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one.

All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about... we do not choose to be born. we do not choose our parents. we do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. we do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. but within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.

This i choose to do. if there is a price, this i choose to pay. if it is my death, then i choose to die. where this takes me, there i choose to go. i choose. this i choose to do.

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We do not choose to be born. we do not choose our parents, or the country of our birth. we do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. but within this realm of choicelessnness, we do choose how we live.

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