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I know and share the many sorrows a human being can experience, but i do not cling to them; they pass through me, like life itself, as a broad eternal stream...and life continues.
-Etty Hillesum
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I Know And Share The Many Sorrows

Etty Hillesum
I know and share the many sorrows a human being can experience, but i do not cling to them; they pass through me, like life itself, as a broad eternal stream...and life continues.
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