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When We Both Experienced The Love That Consumes, We Shared In The Absolute. The Absolute Shows Each Of Us Who We Really Are; It Is An Enormous Web Of Cause And Effect, Where Every Small Gesture Made By One Person Affects The Life Of Someone Else. This Morning, That Slice Of The Absolute Was Still Very Much Alive In My Soul. I Was Seeing Not Only You But Everything There Is In The World, Unlimited By Space Or Time.

-Paulo Coelho

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When We Both Experienced

Paulo Coelho

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When We Both Experienced The Love That Consumes, We Shared In The Absolute. The Absolute Shows Each Of Us Who We Really Are; It Is An Enormous Web Of Cause And Effect, Where Every Small Gesture Made By One Person Affects The Life Of Someone Else. This Morning, That Slice Of The Absolute Was Still Very Much Alive In My Soul. I Was Seeing Not Only You But Everything There Is In The World, Unlimited By Space Or Time.

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