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If it stays, it is love.

“If it stays, it is love. If it ends, it's a love story. And if it never begins, it is poetry.” M. Dangi

Can you show me what loyal eyes look like?

““Can you show me what loyal eyes look like?” Ah, my dear, they are the eyes that never search for another soul while looking into yours.” M. Dangi

Ah, what a miserable thing it is to be loved by someone who has never truly seen your soul.

“Ah, what a miserable thing it is to be loved by someone who has never truly seen your soul.” M. Dangi

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And perhaps that is why the kindest souls are sometimes the most exhausted. They carry not only their own suffering, but the guilt of those who never cared enough to feel it.

“And perhaps that is why the kindest souls are sometimes the most exhausted. They carry not only their own suffering, but the guilt of those who never cared enough to feel it.” M. Dangi

And perhaps that is why the kindest souls are sometimes the most exhausted.

“And perhaps that is why the kindest souls are sometimes the most exhausted.” M. Dangi

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Find someone who can testify that the world would have been different without you.

“Find someone who can testify that the world would have been different without you.” M. Dangi

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But memory is a stubborn misery. It would rather suffer forever than surrender what it once loved.

“But memory is a stubborn misery. It would rather suffer forever than surrender what it once loved.” M. Dangi

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Where does one hide when there is no enemy?

“Where does one hide when there is no enemy?” M. Dangi

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And yet, what right have I to demand that you suffer because I have suffered?

“And yet, what right have I to demand that you suffer because I have suffered?” M. Dangi

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Perhaps that is why some wounds run so deep.

“Perhaps that is why some wounds run so deep.” M. Dangi

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O my dear, what a terrible thing to discover that, in the end, you are all you have.

“O my dear, what a terrible thing to discover that, in the end, you are all you have.” M. Dangi

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And once the heart remembers someone, solitude is never silent again.

“And once the heart remembers someone, solitude is never silent again.” M. Dangi

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A soul may survive hatred, yet perish from the tenderness it once mistook for love.

“A soul may survive hatred, yet perish from the tenderness it once mistook for love.” M. Dangi

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Literature has survived arguments for centuries. I think it can survive one more.

“Literature has survived arguments for centuries. I think it can survive one more.” M. Dangi

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Intelligence can understand the world, but wisdom begins when we understand ourselves.

“Intelligence can understand the world, but wisdom begins when we understand ourselves.” M. Dangi

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O my dear, can you believe it? I tried to turn my heart to stone, yet the wretched thing insisted on feeling everything.

“O my dear, can you believe it? I tried to turn my heart to stone, yet the wretched thing insisted on feeling everything.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps my greatest error was believing that every loss contained a hidden return.

“Perhaps my greatest error was believing that every loss contained a hidden return.” M. Dangi

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And some people remain unseen their entire lives.

“And some people remain unseen their entire lives.” M. Dangi

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That is why the deepest souls often remain misunderstood.

“That is why the deepest souls often remain misunderstood.” M. Dangi

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Be humble, but never forget your worth.

“Be humble, but never forget your worth.” M. Dangi

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Her scars were not the end of her story. They were the ink with which she wrote a new one.

“Her scars were not the end of her story. They were the ink with which she wrote a new one.” M. Dangi

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Oh, my dear, love is its pain, but I cannot deny it lives in my soul.

“Oh, my dear, love is its pain, but I cannot deny it lives in my soul.” M. Dangi

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The soul grows not by staying busy, but by giving every worthy task a faithful heart.

“The soul grows not by staying busy, but by giving every worthy task a faithful heart.” M. Dangi

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Her soul was a lighthouse, and every word she spoke was a beam through the storm.

“Her soul was a lighthouse, and every word she spoke was a beam through the storm.” M. Dangi

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Gentleness is powerful, but it must still recognize danger.

“Gentleness is powerful, but it must still recognize danger.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps the deepest exhaustion is not of the body. It is the soul begging someone to stay.

“Perhaps the deepest exhaustion is not of the body. It is the soul begging someone to stay.” M. Dangi

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I chose a quiet life, so my work could speak louder than my name.

“I chose a quiet life, so my work could speak louder than my name.” M. Dangi

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Rebellion becomes sacred the moment truth refuses to remain silent.

“Rebellion becomes sacred the moment truth refuses to remain silent.” M. Dangi

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You call it distance. She calls it self respect.

“You call it distance. She calls it self respect.” M. Dangi

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She carried centuries in her heartbeat, and with every word she spoke, the future leaned in to listen.

“She carried centuries in her heartbeat, and with every word she spoke, the future leaned in to listen.” M. Dangi

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The heart keeps returning to rooms it knows are empty.

“The heart keeps returning to rooms it knows are empty.” M. Dangi

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It hurts because it mattered.

“It hurts because it mattered.” M. Dangi

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She carried the horizon in her eyes, and every step she took pulled the dawn closer.

“She carried the horizon in her eyes, and every step she took pulled the dawn closer.” M. Dangi

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I stayed with myself, believing the truth would find me.

“I stayed with myself, believing the truth would find me.” M. Dangi

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Life is not merely existence. Life is a living experience.

“Life is not merely existence. Life is a living experience.” M. Dangi

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The heart is a strange archivist. It throws away years and preserves a single moment forever.

“The heart is a strange archivist. It throws away years and preserves a single moment forever.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps people do not fear lies. They fear the silence that follows the truth.

“Perhaps people do not fear lies. They fear the silence that follows the truth.” M. Dangi

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The heart remembers what the mind spends years trying to forget.

“The heart remembers what the mind spends years trying to forget.” M. Dangi

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You weren’t made to stay small. You were made to expand, evolve, and rise.

“You weren’t made to stay small. You were made to expand, evolve, and rise.” M. Dangi

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They were all the same, they laughed when I cried.

“They were all the same, they laughed when I cried.” M. Dangi

Three Voices by M. Dangi

Love that remains generous

“Perhaps the rarest kind of love is the one that remains generous even when it is no longer returned.” M. Dangi

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Can love change us?

“O my dear, did I hear you right? Can love change even a monster?” M. Dangi

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The poet and love

“Perhaps every poet was first defeated by love.” M. Dangi

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Let them call it victory

“So I let them call it victory; I don’t want to offend them.” M. Dangi

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Faith in you

“And perhaps the deepest wound was realizing that my faith in you had been more faithful than you were.” M. Dangi

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Words were glass

“O my dear, your words were glass; my heart broke merely by believing them.” M. Dangi

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Writing the world

“I shall write about the crazy hell on this earth.” M. Dangi

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Without regret

“My heart belonged completely to you, and I cannot regret.” M. Dangi

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Love lives in me

“I love because love lives in me.” M. Dangi

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Who I could have been

“And when you left, it wasn’t you I mourned first, it was the person I could no longer be.” M. Dangi

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I am a poet

““Have you lost your mind?” “No, sir. I am a poet.”” M. Dangi

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Meeting myself

“Perhaps isolation is where I finally meet myself.” M. Dangi

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I feared that those who remembered me would remember only the parts of me they needed.

“I feared that those who remembered me would remember only the parts of me they needed.” M. Dangi

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Something in me refused to end.

“Something in me refused to end.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps every poet was first defeated by love.

“Perhaps every poet was first defeated by love.” M. Dangi

And perhaps real love begins the moment someone sees your soul without trying to repair it.

“And perhaps real love begins the moment someone sees your soul without trying to repair it.” M. Dangi

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The more I look within, the more I realize some things were never meant to be explained.

“The more I look within, the more I realize some things were never meant to be explained.” M. Dangi

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I was among them. Yet I was alone.

“I was among them. Yet I was alone.” M. Dangi

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Some pain is deeper. It changes the way a heart speaks to the world.

“Some pain is deeper. It changes the way a heart speaks to the world.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps that is why certain disappointments linger for so long.

“Perhaps that is why certain disappointments linger for so long.” M. Dangi

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And the heart mistook suffering for home.

“And the heart mistook suffering for home.” M. Dangi

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Sometimes the deepest sorrow is not losing love, but feeling it where it cannot live.

“Sometimes the deepest sorrow is not losing love, but feeling it where it cannot live.” M. Dangi

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And somewhere in that moment, we will meet again.

“And somewhere in that moment, we will meet again.” M. Dangi

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The most dangerous love is the one the mind cannot explain but the soul refuses to forget.

“The most dangerous love is the one the mind cannot explain but the soul refuses to forget.” M. Dangi

Perhaps the hardest victory is remaining unchanged by what sought to change you.

“Perhaps the hardest victory is remaining unchanged by what sought to change you.” M. Dangi

O my dear, I am one of those who smile when you smile.

“O my dear, I am one of those who smile when you smile.” M. Dangi

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Forgive me, for some wounds run so deep.

“Forgive me, for some wounds run so deep.” M. Dangi

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I crossed the bridge toward you. I could never become the person waiting on the other side.

“I crossed the bridge toward you. I could never become the person waiting on the other side.” M. Dangi

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I stayed, and watched what left me.

“I stayed, and watched what left me.” M. Dangi

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Until your existence felt like an interruption.

“Until your existence felt like an interruption.” M. Dangi

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My heart, I wish you a million moments of peace after all the wars you survived.

“My heart, I wish you a million moments of peace after all the wars you survived.” M. Dangi

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I did not question it; it was trust that betrayed me.

“I did not question it; it was trust that betrayed me.” M. Dangi

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The heart remembers what time cannot keep.

“The heart remembers what time cannot keep.” M. Dangi

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So I let them call it victory; I don’t want to offend them.

“So I let them call it victory; I don’t want to offend them.” M. Dangi

I only hoped that somewhere between your sorrow and your hope, you would pause, smile softly, and whisper. ‘You are my poetry.’

“I only hoped that somewhere between your sorrow and your hope, you would pause, smile softly, and whisper. ‘You are my poetry.’” M. Dangi

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“Love?” And I laughed.

““Love?” And I laughed.” M. Dangi

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O my dear, suffering makes you wiser, and perhaps that is the most painful wisdom of all.

“O my dear, suffering makes you wiser, and perhaps that is the most painful wisdom of all.” M. Dangi

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I stayed, and watched what left me.

“I stayed, and watched what left me.” M. Dangi

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Okay! Forget all this nonsense and tell me, how did you spend all those years without regrets?

“Okay! Forget all this nonsense and tell me, how did you spend all those years without regrets?” M. Dangi

I love because love lives in me.

“I love because love lives in me.” M. Dangi

I had to return to myself; I couldn’t stand crowds.

“I had to return to myself; I couldn’t stand crowds.” M. Dangi

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I shall write about the crazy hell on this earth.

“I shall write about the crazy hell on this earth.” M. Dangi

Perhaps the hardest victory is remaining unchanged by what sought to change you.

“Perhaps the hardest victory is remaining unchanged by what sought to change you.” M. Dangi

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And if living demands suffering, let me suffer for what I believed was worth living for.

“And if living demands suffering, let me suffer for what I believed was worth living for.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps I desperately believed in myself.

“Perhaps I desperately believed in myself.” M. Dangi

O my dear, I still cannot tell whether it was an ending or merely betrayal wearing the manners of one.

“O my dear, I still cannot tell whether it was an ending or merely betrayal wearing the manners of one.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps the deepest freedom is being fully seen and no longer fearing who stays.

“Perhaps the deepest freedom is being fully seen and no longer fearing who stays.” M. Dangi

How did you leave? Did your heart bleed?

“How did you leave? Did your heart bleed?” M. Dangi

And yet love survives longest inside the people who were hurt by it most.

“And yet love survives longest inside the people who were hurt by it most.” M. Dangi

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O my dear, your silence was a knife.

“O my dear, your silence was a knife.” M. Dangi

I wanted an answer until I understood that the answer would require a different life.

“I wanted an answer until I understood that the answer would require a different life.” M. Dangi

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Okay! Forget all this nonsense and tell me, how did you spend all those years without regrets?

“Okay! Forget all this nonsense and tell me, how did you spend all those years without regrets?” M. Dangi

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I am a lover, with or without a lover, because love is who I am, not who I’m with.

“I am a lover, with or without a lover, because love is who I am, not who I’m with.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps this is why some souls grow silent not because they feel nothing, but because they feel too much.

“Perhaps this is why some souls grow silent not because they feel nothing, but because they feel too much.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps life begins where logic can no longer explain why the soul still chooses to remain.

“Perhaps life begins where logic can no longer explain why the soul still chooses to remain.” M. Dangi

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The cruelest wars ask for no witnesses. They unfold quietly inside the heart.

“The cruelest wars ask for no witnesses. They unfold quietly inside the heart.” M. Dangi

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O my dear, I returned to myself.

“O my dear, I returned to myself.” M. Dangi

Love has a way of making strangers of the people who once knew us best.

“Love has a way of making strangers of the people who once knew us best.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps suffering does not break us; it merely reveals the world without its disguise.

“Perhaps suffering does not break us; it merely reveals the world without its disguise.” M. Dangi

I escaped the past, only to discover that it had been waiting for me in the future.

“I escaped the past, only to discover that it had been waiting for me in the future.” M. Dangi

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I missed being known by you more than I missed being loved by you.

“I missed being known by you more than I missed being loved by you.” M. Dangi

I wanted an answer until I understood that the answer would require a different life.

“I wanted an answer until I understood that the answer would require a different life.” M. Dangi

O my dear, I miss you. I suppose I was never as clever as you.

“O my dear, I miss you. I suppose I was never as clever as you.” M. Dangi

A quiet heart is often the reward of an honest one.

“A quiet heart is often the reward of an honest one.” M. Dangi

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I have often suspected that people do not suffer from being unknown. They suffer from being known incorrectly.

“I have often suspected that people do not suffer from being unknown. They suffer from being known incorrectly.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps freedom begins the day you no longer knock on other people’s hearts asking to be understood.

“Perhaps freedom begins the day you no longer knock on other people’s hearts asking to be understood.” M. Dangi

Perhaps heaven is not where suffering ends. Perhaps it is the moment the heart, despite everything, still chooses wonder.

“Perhaps heaven is not where suffering ends. Perhaps it is the moment the heart, despite everything, still chooses wonder.” M. Dangi

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I am a lover, with or without a lover, because love is who I am, not who I’m with.

“I am a lover, with or without a lover, because love is who I am, not who I’m with.” M. Dangi

I missed being known by you more than I missed being loved by you.

“I missed being known by you more than I missed being loved by you.” M. Dangi

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Love me. Hate me. Neither ever reached the room where I truly lived.

“Love me. Hate me. Neither ever reached the room where I truly lived.” M. Dangi

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The hardest victory is over the part of ourselves that refuses to understand.

“The hardest victory is over the part of ourselves that refuses to understand.” M. Dangi

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Oh, this depth of heart always left alone.

“Oh, this depth of heart always left alone.” M. Dangi

I feared being misunderstood until I discovered how little anyone truly understands themselves.

“I feared being misunderstood until I discovered how little anyone truly understands themselves.” M. Dangi

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They then act surprised when the heart they neglected no longer opens the same way.

“They then act surprised when the heart they neglected no longer opens the same way.” M. Dangi

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Routine becomes dangerous when obedience is mistaken for a life we freely chose.

“Routine becomes dangerous when obedience is mistaken for a life we freely chose.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps this is why some people feel deeply loved yet never truly understood.

“Perhaps this is why some people feel deeply loved yet never truly understood.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps we call it strength when the heart learns to carry what it cannot change.

“Perhaps we call it strength when the heart learns to carry what it cannot change.” M. Dangi

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Betrayal becomes larger than one person when it teaches us to distrust the whole human heart.

“Betrayal becomes larger than one person when it teaches us to distrust the whole human heart.” M. Dangi

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They arrived too late. The deepest pain rarely waits to be understood.

“They arrived too late. The deepest pain rarely waits to be understood.” M. Dangi

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Love begins like a novel and ends like a letter.

“Love begins like a novel and ends like a letter.” M. Dangi

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I finally met myself at the end of every excuse I had used to avoid the meeting.

“I finally met myself at the end of every excuse I had used to avoid the meeting.” M. Dangi

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I loved you until love itself became the thing I had to survive.

“I loved you until love itself became the thing I had to survive.” M. Dangi

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I did not give up, I sat there and smiled.

“I did not give up, I sat there and smiled.” M. Dangi

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I began to distrust every certainty that arrived too easily.

“I began to distrust every certainty that arrived too easily.” M. Dangi

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Perhaps we learn what we believe only when the crowd gives us a reason to betray it.

“Perhaps we learn what we believe only when the crowd gives us a reason to betray it.” M. Dangi

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