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“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”

Kahlil Gibran

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The Prophet
Date
1923
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Sorrow is pictured as enlarging emotional capacity rather than merely diminishing a person, allowing later joy to be felt with greater depth.

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The Prophet, “On Joy and Sorrow.”

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