We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dr — Stanley Kunitz, The Collected Poems
We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dr — Stanley Kunitz, The Collected Poems
We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dr — Stanley Kunitz, The Collected Poems
We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dr — Stanley Kunitz, The Collected Poems
We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dr — Stanley Kunitz, The Collected Poems
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We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dream of perfection.

— Stanley Kunitz, The Collected Poems
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