“Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you
Julia.”

— John Lennon

"Julia" on The Beatles (1968); these lines were adapted from lines of Sand and Foam (1926) by Khalil Gibran: "Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you".
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