A Redditor describing his wife’s funeral. "It was sunny because the universe does not care about the grief of men". – Throwawaytime11111

Source(www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/1yt6v1/update_my_conservative_coworker_im_going_for_it/) one of the best ones I've read on /r/offmychest

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"I dislike and despise groups of people but I love individuals. Every person you look at, you can see the universe in their eyes — if you’re really looking." — George Carlin

Taken from this interview with Jon Stewart from way back when (quote begins around the 8 minute mark or so).

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Taken from todays quote on Wittylens =>http://www.wittylens.com/2013/11/quotes-for-day.html

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