Night sky Quote by Tomas Tranströmer

“I wrote so meagerly to you. But what I couldn't write swelled and swelled like an old-fashioned airship and drifted away at last through the night sky.” quote by Tomas Tranströmer — Download Open image

““I wrote so meagerly to you. But what I couldn't write swelled and swelled like an old-fashioned airship and drifted away at last through the night sky.””

Tomas Tranströmer

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