“And who am I to blow against the wind?”
David Levithan (1972) American author and editor
Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
“I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless, and in this moment I am happy.”
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
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E cas la lebre ab lo bueu
E nadi contra suberna.
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