“Esther, however, was the only woman who understood one very simple thing: in order to be able to find her, I first had to find myself.”

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

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“Esther, however, was the only woman who understood one very simple thing: in order to be able to find her, I first had to find myself.”

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