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" The child tells me her grandmother
showed her how to cure sadness
by sucking the juice of an orange,
while standing on a beach.

Toss the peels onto a wave.
Watch the sadness float away. "

Margarita Engle , The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom


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Margarita Engle quote : The child tells me her grandmother<br />showed her how to cure sadness <br />by sucking the juice of an orange, <br />while standing on a beach.<br /><br />Toss the peels onto a wave.<br />Watch the sadness float away.