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> [“Perhaps we only leave So we may once again arrive, To get a bird's eye view Of what it means to be alive. For there is beauty in returning, Oh how wonderful, how strange, To see that everything is different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-hanson/perhaps-we-only-leave-so-we-may-once-again-arrive-to-get-a-bird-s-eye/)

[Erin Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-hanson/)

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## More by Erin Hanson

> [“Because the birdsong might be pretty, But it's not for you they sing, And if you think my winter is too cold, You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-hanson/because-the-birdsong-might-be-pretty-but-it-s-not-for-you-they-sing/)

[Erin Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-hanson/)

> [“Perhaps we only leave So we may once again arrive, To get a bird's eye view Of what it means to be alive. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-hanson/perhaps-we-only-leave-so-we-may-once-again-arrive-to-get-a-bird-s-eye/)

[Erin Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-hanson/)

> [“There is a fable in the forest Whispered by the branches, as they blow. A tale about the truth of leaving Things that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-hanson/there-is-a-fable-in-the-forest-whispered-by-the-branches-as-they-blow/)

[Erin Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-hanson/)

> [“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-hanson/there-is-freedom-waiting-for-you-on-the-breezes-of-the-sky-and-you/)

[Erin Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-hanson/)

> [“The irony of life Is our greatest fear is to forget, Yet it's the only certain fate That anything has ever met. We know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-hanson/the-irony-of-life-is-our-greatest-fear-is-to-forget-yet-it-s-the-only/)

[Erin Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-hanson/)

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