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Birth Quote by Alan Watts

“Without birth and death, and without the perpetual transmutation of…” quote by Alan Watts — Download Open image

“Without birth and death, and without the perpetual transmutation of all the forms of life, the world would be static, rhythm-less, undancing, mummified.”

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