My yearning is my cup, my burning thirst is my drink, and my solitude is my intoxication; I … - Khalil Gibran

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Life was hard on mothers; but then, they just didn't understand.

Khalil Gibran

My yearning is my cup, my burning thirst is my drink, and my solitude is my intoxication; I do not and shall not quench my thirst. But in this burning that is never extinguished is a joy that never wanes.

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I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.

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