Michael D Nalley
12 years ago
Sorry I read some propaganda that stated when he wrote "Spirits Rebellious someone told him they are burning your books in the streets of Beirut and he laughed and said all the more reason to write more.
The idea of women choosing their own husbands made the Government of the time nervous
Wiki Quote
"Gibran admired the teachings on peace but argued that "young nations like his own" be freed from Ottoman control
"They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom" Gibran
"They" ofen say we can see gray
In black and white who are they
Higher case or lower case
shades show the true face
of a King trumped by an ace
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