Raymond CarverThere isn't enough of anythingas long as we live. But at intervalsa sweetness appears and, given a chanceprevails.
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At intervals, a sweetness appears and, given a chance, prevails. Often the said intervals are so short that they are unnoticeable. But sometimes they are so long that we forget our life would have been incomplete without them. Life will never be perfect, but at intervals there is something to make us feel that it is not all bad.
Source: Ultramarine: Poems
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