The World is so empty if one thinks only of the mountains, rivers, and cities but to know someone who thinks and feels with us,and who, though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

The World is so empty if one thinks only of the mountains, rivers, and cities but to know someone who thinks and feels with us,and who, though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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