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Sappho Quotes: Once again Love, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing, seizes me.
         

Once again Love, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing, seizes me.


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Once again Love, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing, seizes me.
         



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This page presents the quote "Once again Love, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing, seizes me.". Author of this quote is Sappho. This quote is about mythology, love, affection,.