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“Hearts united in pain and sorrow
will not be separated by joy and happiness.
Bonds that are woven in sadness
are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure.
Love that is washed by tears
will remain eternally pure and faithful.”
― Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

“They say: 'If a man knew himself,
he would know all mankind.'
I say: 'If a man loved mankind,
he would know something of himself.”
― Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

“Darkness may hide the trees
and the flowers from the eyes
but it cannot hide
love from the soul.”
― Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

“The feelings we live through
in love and in loneliness
are simply, for us,
what high tide
and low tide are to the sea.”
― Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

“True beauty is a ray
That springs from the sacred depths of the soul,
and illuminates the body, just as life
springs from the kernel of a stone and
gives colour and scent to a flower.”
― Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

“Where are you now, my beloved? Do you hear my weeping
From beyond the ocean? Do you understand my need? Do you know the greatness of my patience?”
― Kahlil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran