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Mirrors of the Soul

Kahlil Gibran and Joseph Sheban (tr.)

Gibran, Kahlil; Joseph Sheban (tr.);

Mirrors of the Soul

Philosophical Library 1965 / Bantam 1973, 101 pages

topics: |  biography | poetry | philosophy


Some women asked why he did not get married.  He replied, "Well... you see it
is like this.  If I had a wife, and if I were painting or making poems, I
should simply forget her existence for days at a time.  And you know well
that no loing woman would put up with such a husband for very long." 107


amitabha mukerjee (mukerjee [at] gmail.com) 17 Feb 2009