For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to b…

D. H. Lawrence
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For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, Mara Kalnins (2002). Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation, p.149, Cambridge University Press
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For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, Mara Kalnins (2002). Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation, p.149, Cambridge University Press

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