I used to play marbles in grade school. I stopped playing in grade five when I realized the bitter realities of gambling. It does, however, remain to be my favourite game in this respect.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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