There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. (Jean Paul)

There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof.

Jean Paul

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