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The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.
The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in read more
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they read more
By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it.
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.
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
The love received is the love that is saved.
The love received is the love that is saved.
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it read more
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears, Pass it on.
I hate work. That's why I got married.
I hate work. That's why I got married.
People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they read more
People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they want.
