“My yearning is my cup, my burning thirst is my drink, and my solitude is my intoxication; I do not and shall not quench my thirst. But in this burning that is never extinguished is a joy that never wanes.”

The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)

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Lebanese artist, poet, and writer 1883–1931

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