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Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.


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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.



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The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.



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So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.



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