If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. (Kahlil Gibran)

If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.

Kahlil Gibran

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