I dust [your photo] carefully every morning, for to do so gives me the…

Nelson Mandela
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I dust [your photo] carefully every morning, for to do so gives me the pleasant feeling that I'm caressing you as in the old days. I even touch your nose with mine to recapture the electric current that used to flush through my blood whenever I did so. ✨ Nelson Mandela, Robin Malan (1997). The Essential Nelson Mandela, David Philip
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