Great men burn bridges before they come to them.
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The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness.
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E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.
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E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Notice the convulsed orange inch of moon perching on this silver minute of evening.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Take the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Notice the convulsed orange inch of moon perching on this silver minute of evening.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence; in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Take the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence; in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Notice the convulsed orange inch of moon perching on this silver minute of evening.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Take the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?
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