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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
Inspirational
Breaking
Life
Awareness
Emotional
Challenges
Break
Encloses
Understanding
Wondrous
Spiritual
Shell
Pain
Shells

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