Giving and taking Quote by Laird Koenig

“Giving and taking comfort in everything they could give and take, every part of them sought to make themselves one till it was impossible for either to know the comforter from the one being comforted.” quote by Laird Koenig — Download Open image

““Giving and taking comfort in everything they could give and take, every part of them sought to make themselves one till it was impossible for either to know the comforter from the one being comforted.””

Laird Koenig

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