they called her summer because she was really only appreciated when she was gone
“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
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“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
― 100 Love Sonnets
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