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“Hold tight to what is most yourself, Don't squander it, don't let your life Be governed by what disturbs you.”

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Book:Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

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Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

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