When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. (Sara Teasdale)

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.

Sara Teasdale

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