Look out how we use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots. (Carl Sandburg)

Look out how we use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots.

Carl Sandburg

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