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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

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
Sea
Loss
Death
Bereavement
Even
Comforting
Life
Sympathy
River
Rivers
Grief

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