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“Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light.” quote by Mark Nepo — Download Open image

“Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light.”

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