It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never t…

John Steinbeck
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It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never to go nor to stay, but to remain suspended in that golden emotion of love and longing; to be loved without satiety. ✨ John Steinbeck (1995). The Log from the Sea of Cortez, p.48, Penguin
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It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never to go nor to stay, but to remain suspended in that golden emotion of love and longing; to be loved without satiety. ✨ John Steinbeck (1995). The Log from the Sea of Cortez, p.48, Penguin

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