“Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.”

— Kahlil Gibran · Love quote

Writer and poet · 1883 – 1931

Lebanese-American writer and poet, best known for The Prophet (1923), one of the best-selling books of all time.

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