“You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts.”

— Kahlil Gibran · Love quote

You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. — Kahlil Gibran quote card
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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