And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and alwa…

Maya Angelou
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And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed. ✨ Maya Angelou (2011). I Shall Not Be Moved: Poems, p.48, Random House
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