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in reply to a message by Ylva
Could it be Lyonya? Lyonya is a nickname for Leonid.
~ Ivayla,
skillfully disguised as a responsible adult
~ Ivayla,
skillfully disguised as a responsible adult
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Could be. Maybe Lyonya was seen as too complicated and the author preferred the transcription Lonya. The author was Irène Nemirovski, she was born Russian but wrote in French.
"You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
(On Children by Kahlil Gibran)
"You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
(On Children by Kahlil Gibran)
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