Although only breath, words which I command are immortal. - Sappho

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Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness-both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter.

Sappho

Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.

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May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.

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When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses beneath my skin, and with my eyes I see nothing, and my ears hum, and a wet sweat bathes me and a trembling seizes me all over.

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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us

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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.

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What cannot be said will be wept.

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Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness-both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter.

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