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You would know the secret of death. but how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heath of life? the owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. if you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. for life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. for what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
-Khalil Gibran
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You Would Know The Secret Of Death.

Khalil Gibran
You would know the secret of death. but how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heath of life? the owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. if you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. for life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. for what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
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