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title: "2 Curious Breathing Quotes by 1 author"
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> [I have perceiv’d that to be with those I like is enough, To stop in company with the rest at evening is enough, To be surrounded by beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh is enough, To pass among them, or touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/i-have-perceiv-d-that-to-be-with-those-i-like-is-enough-to-stop-in/)

[Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/)

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> [“I have perceiv’d that to be with those I like is enough, To stop in company with the rest at evening is enough, To be surrounded by beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh is enough, To pass among them or touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/i-have-perceiv-d-that-to-be-with-those-i-like-is-enough-to-stop-in-2/)

[Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/)

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