How much we'll tell down there, how much, and how very different we'll appear. What we protect here like sleepless guards, wounds and secrets locked inside us, protect with such great anxiety day after day, we'll disclose freely and clearly down there. (Constantine P. Cavafy)

How much we'll tell down there, how much, and how very different we'll appear. What we protect here like sleepless guards, wounds and secrets locked inside us, protect with such great anxiety day after day, we'll disclose freely and clearly down there.

Constantine P. Cavafy

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