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“Anne Sexton knows the mind, Walt Whitman knows grass, but Emily Dickinson knows everything.” quote by Matt Haig — Download Open image

““Anne Sexton knows the mind, Walt Whitman knows grass, but Emily Dickinson knows everything.””

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