Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it. ✨ …

Emily Dickinson
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it. ✨ Emily Dickinson, Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1971). The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson, p.289, Biblo & Tannen Publishers
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it. ✨ Emily Dickinson, Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1971). The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson, p.289, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

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