I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but I would just die! And two things would happen right before I died: I would regret my entire life; I would want to live it over again. This terrified me. The thought that I would live my entire life, look at it and realize I blew it forced me to do something with my life. . Hubert Selby Jr.
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This quote has a deep meaning in which there are two quotes. The first is, “I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but I would just die! And two things would happen right before I died: I would regret my entire life; I would want to live it over again. This terrified me.

The thought that I would live my entire life, look at it and realize I blew it forced me to do something with my life.” The second quote is “I was sitting at home and had a profound experience.” The author is talking about the fact of his own death. That he will die one day and after that he will live his life over again. He thinks that he has to do something with his life because he will get the chance to live his life again after dying.

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