A Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
Touch-me-notism that disfigures the present day Hinduism is a morbid growth.
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I touch you. Even though we were once like brothers, it doesn't change a thing.
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XVII Lady, i will touch you with my mind. Touch you and touch and touch until you give me suddenly a smile,shyly obscene (lady i will touch you with my mind.)Touch you,that is all, lightly and you utterly will become with infinite care the poem which i do not write.
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