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E.M. Forster once said, "We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." Read what writers have to say about this thing called life.
A Psalm of Life - by Henry Wadesworth Longfellow
Read "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadesworth Longfellow (1807-1882).
A Trifle From Life - Anton Chekhov
Read "A Trifle From Life" by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904).
Full of Life Now - Walt Whitman
Read "Full of Life Now," by Walt Whitman (1819-1892.
Life in Love - Robert Browning
Read "Life in Love," by Robert Browning (1812-1889).
Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. - Edgar Allan Poe
Read "Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.," by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
Mountain Life - Henrik Ibsen
Read "Mountain Life," by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).
O Me! O Life! - Walt Whitman
Read "O Me! O Life!," by Walt Whitman (1819-1892).
The Thread of Life - Christina Rossetti
Read "The Thread of Life," by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894).
The Whirligig of Life - O. Henry
Read "The Whirligig of Life," by O. Henry (1862-1910).

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