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When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of its stall, then the fire-breathing union begins anew . . .

Source: When Sleep Enters the Body Like Smoke, St. 3, O the Chimneys, 1967.
-- Nelly Sachs, (Dec 10 1891-1970), German poet, dramatist; She was transformed by the Nazi experience from dilettante into poignant spokesman for the grief of fellow Jews; won Nobel Prize for Literature, 1966.

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