"I walked with my eyes on the path, but out of the corners of them I saw a man hiding behind an olive tree. He did not move as we approached, but I fel...

Beauty is an ecstacy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it.
~ W. Somerset Maugham ~












Beauty is an ecstacy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it.
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