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Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
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My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear — a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence. The I in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.
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Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.
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We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautiful dreams.
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