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People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.
Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.
It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now read more
It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) --to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart. When I look back on the pain of sex, the love like a wild fox so ready to bite, the antagonism that sits like a twin beside love, and contrast it with affection, so deeply unrepeatable, of two people who have lived a life together (and of whom one must die) it's the affection I find richer. It's that I would have again. Not all those doubtful rainbow colors.
Tenderness is a virtue.
Tenderness is a virtue.
I don't understand you. You don't understand me. What else do we have in common?
I don't understand you. You don't understand me. What else do we have in common?
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.
The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.
