To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. ✨ Davi…

David Whyte
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To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. ✨ David Whyte (2009). The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, p.50, Penguin
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