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Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: i love you. you do not know me (although you have seen me, smiled at me). i know you (although not so well as i would like. i want to be there when your eyes flutter open in the morning, and you see me, and you smile. surely this would be paradise enough?). so i do declare myself to you now, with pen set to paper. i declare it again: i love you.
-Neil Gaiman
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Let Us Begin This Letter, This Prelude

Neil Gaiman
Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: i love you. you do not know me (although you have seen me, smiled at me). i know you (although not so well as i would like. i want to be there when your eyes flutter open in the morning, and you see me, and you smile. surely this would be paradise enough?). so i do declare myself to you now, with pen set to paper. i declare it again: i love you.
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