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“You can't just be reactive to the things going on in your life. You have to imagine, and you have to plunder other people's work, books, poems, ideas, observations.” quote by David Gray — Download Open image

“You can't just be reactive to the things going on in your life. You have to imagine, and you have to plunder other people's work, books, poems, ideas, observations.”

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There's nightingales calling, shooting stars falling, like jewels in the rain.

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October's gold is dim — the forests rot, The weary rain falls ceaseless, while the day Is wrapped in damp.

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I don't really know why I'm such an emotional person, that's just how I was born. It's a problem. It's not easy to be…

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