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> [We have not touched the stars, nor are we forgiven, which brings us back to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/we-have-not-touched-the-stars-nor-are-we-forgiven-which-brings-us/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

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