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Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Early Quotes: Though I play at the edges of knowing, truly I know our part is not knowing, but looking, and touching, and loving
         

Though I play at the edges of knowing, truly I know our part is not knowing, but looking, and touching, and loving


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