“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.”

— Kahlil Gibran · Life quote

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. — 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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