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> [To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that proceeds out of the mouth of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-merwin/to-say-what-or-where-we-came-from-has-nothing-to-do-with-what-or/)

[W. S. Merwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-merwin/)

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