Love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.
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Those who truly love were never really separate; they carry each other within. Reunion only reveals a closeness that was there all along.
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Thirteenth-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose verses on love and longing are read worldwide.
This line is among the quotes by Rumi that readers return to on liefde — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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