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You’re not a creature in body.You exist as the stars exist,participating in their stillness, their immensity.

Louise Glück

You’re not a creature in body.You exist as the stars exist,participating in their stillness, their immensity.

Louise Glück
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Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.
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