The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.
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The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.
Find me now. Before someone else does.
That's how love got lost ... when we started laying down rules for when love should or shouldn't appear.
There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?
Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces.
I really don't know what "I love you" means. I think it means "Don't leave me here alone.
The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers.
Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.
Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.
The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.
The body, she says, is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure.
Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, without that leap nobody comes to life.
Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.
I love you as one loves certain dark things.
Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.
When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.
Love is familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love." -
Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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