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I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.
— Shelby ‧ Steel Magnolias
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Better a short burst of something truly wonderful, says the speaker, than a long stretch of life that's merely fine. It's a preference for intensity over length, a bet that a brief, vivid experience is worth more than years of the unremarkable.
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