#Passages that make me act unwise. passages that make me act authentically so that my loved ones may love me fully by knowing me fully.
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meat-loving-meat · 8 months ago
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“…And this," said Esste, "is his song." She sang, then, occasionally using words, but more often shaping meaningless syllables with her voice, or singing strange vowels, or even using silence and wind and the shape of her lips to express her understanding of Mikal.
At last her song ended, and Nniv's own voice was heavy with emotion as he sang his reaction. That, too, ended, and Nniv said, "If he truly is what you sing him to be, then I love him."
"And I,"' Esste said.
ORSON SCOTT CARD OFF THE SHITS BEFORE PAGE TEN. TO KNOW IS TO LOVE, AND TO BE KNOWN IS TO BE LOVED.
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