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Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes: Where we live in the world is never one place. Our hearts, those dogged mirrors, keep flashing us moons before we are ready for them.
         

Where we live in the world is never one place. Our hearts, those dogged mirrors, keep flashing us moons before we are ready for them.


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