The purpose of life is to reach a point where you can say 'yes' to all of it.
I do not snivel that snivel the world over,That months are vacuums and the ground but wallow and filth,That life is a suck and a sell, and nothing remains at the end but threadbare crape and tears.
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition By: Walt Whitman
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I do not snivel that snivel the world over,That months are vacuums and the ground but wallow and filth,That life is a suck and a sell, and nothing remains at the end but threadbare crape and tears.
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