Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closi…

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Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, without that leap nobody comes to life. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2011). The Moor's Last Sigh, p.289, Random House
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Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, without that leap nobody comes to life. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2011). The Moor's Last Sigh, p.289, Random House

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