Quote#Nature
For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was…
Quote byKahlil Gibran · 1883–1931
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Madman (1918), Introduction.
English (original)
For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted my masks no more. And as if in a trance I cried, "Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks." Thus I became a madman.
— Kahlil Gibran
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