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Let there be spaces in your togetherness...just as strings of a lute dance alone though they quiver with the same music.

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
Togetherness
Spaces
Strings
Dance
Alone
Though
Space
Lute
Music
Quiver

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