“You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you.”

—  Antonio Porchia

Está atado a ellos y no comprendes cómo, porque ellos no están atados a ti.
Voces (1943)

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Está atado a ellos y no comprendes cómo, porque ellos no están atados a ti.

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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