In asking how often one should water a plant....
"You have to check how damp the soil is."
"Yeah, stick your finger in and see how wet it is."
"That's what she said!"
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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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