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I want to know if you know how to melt into that fierce heat of living falling toward the center of your longing.

David Whyte

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David Whyte
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 21
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Poet
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Marrickville
New South Wales
Australia
Toward
Living
Fall
Melt
Fierce
Longing
Heat
Falling
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