The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran is an impossibly romantic, enlightened piece, dreamily guiding the reader through the various facets of life in the form of eloquent passages.
Here is an excerpt 'on love'
"To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love;"
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