“Bitter your acts, bitter am I,Kindness your deeds, kindness am I,Pleasant and gentle, so you are,Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker.”
Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi
Love: The Joy That Wounds: The Love Poems of Rumi
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