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Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth.

Naomi Shihab Nye

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Naomi Shihab Nye
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 12
Poet
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Moment
Broth
Moments
Weakened
Feel
Dissolve
Must
Salt
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Kindness
Really
Lose
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Future

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