“How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to have said no, again and again, instead of yes.”
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“A fallen blossom
returning to the bough, I thought --
But no, a butterfly.”
― Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology
returning to the bough, I thought --
But no, a butterfly.”
― Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology
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