Author Archives: Attempted Love

Fred Rogers says could you be mine?

“It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?… It’s a neighborly day in this beauty wood, A neighborly day for a beauty. Would you be mine? Could … Continue reading

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Nicole Krauss says it wasn’t because he was stubborn or even loyal…

“And if the man who once upon a time had been a boy who promised he’d never fall in love with another girl as long as he lived kept his promise, it wasn’t because he was stubborn or even loyal. … Continue reading

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Mary Jo Putney says what one loves in childhood…

“What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever.” – Mary Jo Putney

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Marianne Williamson says I used to think I needed a powerful man…

I used to think I needed a powerful man, someone who could protect me from the harshness and evils of the world. What I have come to realize is that…the powerful man I was looking for would be foremost, someone … Continue reading

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Hermann Hesse says she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure…

“So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every last bit of the body has its secret, which brings happiness to the person who knows … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Gilbert says the mysterious magnet is either there…

“To feel physically comfortable with someone else’s body is not a decision you make. It has very little thing to do with how two people think or act or talk or even look. The mysterious magnet is either there, buried … Continue reading

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe says love does not dominate…

“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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