“What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” –TS Eliot, from “A Little Gidding” from The Four Quartets * Franca owned a p…
“What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from.”
–TS Eliot, from “A Little Gidding” from The Four Quartets
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