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I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat. I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even the gods speak of God.

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
Love
Embrace
Willing
Heard
Unwanted
Passion
Fierce
Sure
Gods
Speak
Bitter
Live
Defeat
Even
Consequence

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