Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa Quotes

I would like to die as I have lived disappear among the tundra winds be transformed into birdsong.

Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa

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• I would like to die as I have lived disappear among the tundra winds be transformed into birdsong.

  

  Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa
  • Die
  • Disappear
  • Lived