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If you truly hold a stone, you can feel the mountain it came from.

Mark Nepo

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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
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The greedy one gathered all the cherries, while the simple one tasted all the cherries in one.
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We are all continually asked to learn how to ask for what we need, only to practice accepting what we're given.
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