Life is like being a skydiver without a parachute. At birth, we aredropped into the Void. At first, we scream in terror, but by and by, werealize that we're not going to die-just yet. So we settle down to thebusiness of living as well as we can in the interim, until the groundfinally comes rushing up to greet us.

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