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Being sad Quote by Sarah Ruhl

“There's a word in Japanese for being sad in the…” quote by Sarah Ruhl — Download Open image

“There's a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime - a whole word for just being sad - about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they're going to die.”

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