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My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry.


Nikos Kazantzakis

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The suppression of a cry is itself a cry of pain.
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A rabbit's cry may be wilder
But it has no soul.
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I cry and cleanse my
face with my tears and
swim to the center
...
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MITCH ALBOM I laugh because I must not cry. That is all. That is all.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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Sun shines on my chest and I return
The fall air is c...
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Best Friend because
when i Cry
it never Laughs.
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