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A Certain Person May Have, As You Say, A Wonderful Presence; I Do Not Know. What I Do Know Is That He Has A Perfectly Delightful Absence.
-Idries Shah
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A Certain Person May Have,
Idries Shah
A Certain Person May Have, As You Say, A Wonderful Presence; I Do Not Know. What I Do Know Is That He Has A Perfectly Delightful Absence.
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