Carolina QuotesThis dance is the joy of existence. I am filled with you. Skin, blood, bone, brain, and soul. There's no room for lack of trust, or trust. Nothing in this existence but that existence.
Coleman Barks Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"We Three" Ch. 11: Union
- work
- The Essential Rumi (1995)
- year
- 1995
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