Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“And so the first moment [he] put his eyes on her she was laughing and the sunlight fell on her and he saw her like this, her hair shining black and her cheeks red and her lips red and her teeth white and her head throw back in laughter, and he was struck as though a sword had fallen across his heart.”

Pearl Buck 1892 – 1973 CE
from Dragon Seed

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