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You ask me why I don't speak
Not a word at will
But write so much worth well over a mill'
Well I value words like I value kisses
A sober one, a closer one penetrates the heart
Darling it's how it mends it


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Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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Hate pollutes the mind.
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