No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.
("The Chosen")
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Chaim Potok
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Life is like the blink of an eye. What is that worth Nothing. But the eye that blinks - that is something. I guess I blinked, on accident. Sometimes, though, I have found accidents to be the most fortuitous events in my life. You meet the one person who reminds you what you are, what you do, how to be happy.
Chaim Potok
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