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    To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

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Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
[Lat., Gaudia non remanent, sed fugitiva volant.]

Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
[Lat., Gaudia non remanent, sed fugitiva volant.]

by Marcus Valerius Martial Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow

by Helen Keller Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Oh, frabjous day! Callooh. Callay!
He chortled in his joy.

Oh, frabjous day! Callooh. Callay!
He chortled in his joy.

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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

by Thich Nhat Hanh Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Joys too exquisite to last,
And yet more exquisite when past.

Joys too exquisite to last,
And yet more exquisite when past.

by James Montgomery Found in: Joy Quotes,
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I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do read more

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again

by Mark Twain Found in: Achievement Quotes, Joy Quotes,
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A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

by English Proverb Found in: Joy Quotes,
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I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Joy Quotes,
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One joy shatters a hundred griefs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Grief Quotes, Joy Quotes,
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