“If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer.”

“This is what divorce is: Taking things you no longer want from people you no longer love.”

“You loved so hard and hoped so much and then you ended up with nothing. Children who no longer needed you. A husband who no longer wanted you. Nothing left but you, alone, and empty space.”

“The longer you live, the better you get.”

“Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life.”

“You don't know me, but I know about you… I can't make you live longer. I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me.”

“Abstaining from bourbon and bacon doesn't make you live longer. It just feels that way.”

“If you stop eating donutes you will live 3 years longer. It's just 3 more years that you want a donut. <. )
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“You sacrifice yourself, your wealth torments you,
You give away yourself,
You don't take care of yourself, you don't love yourself;
Great agony always compels you,
The agony of an overflowing barn, an overabundant heart;
But no one thanks you any longer …”

“Don't say you can't give up drinking. It's easy. I've done it a thousand times.”