To live fully, one must be free, but to be free one must give up security. Therefore, to live one must be ready to die. How's that for a paradox? (Tom Robbins)

To live fully, one must be free, but to be free one must give up security. Therefore, to live one must be ready to die. How's that for a paradox?

Tom Robbins

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