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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
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“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”
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“I tell you this
to break your heart,
by which I mean only
that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.”
― New and Selected Poems, Vol. 2
to break your heart,
by which I mean only
that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.”
― New and Selected Poems, Vol. 2
“The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
― Lyrical Ballads
― Lyrical Ballads
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