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John Lennon says we need to learn to love ourselves first…
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, attempted love, excitement, fear, fearlessness, glory, imperfections, john lennon, love, open hearted, passion
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Cara Lockwood says true love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are…
“True love is taking the risk that it won’t be a happily-ever-after. True love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are, and saying, I’m not afraid to believe in you.” – Cara Lockwood, I Do … Continue reading
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Tagged afraid, attempted love, believe, cara lockwood, happily ever after, i do, love, risk, true love
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James Baldwin says love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without…
“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” – James Baldwin
Oprah Winfrey says if we deny love that is given to us…
“If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.” – Oprah Winfrey
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Tagged attempted love, deny, empty, loss, love, oprah winfrey, pain, refuse
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William S. Burroughs says there is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt…
“There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.” – William S. Burroughs
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Tagged attempted love, crippling, duty, feeling, hurt, intensity, love, william s. burroughs
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Ruth Wind says his passion she had expected, even his expertise…
“His passion she had expected, even his expertise, for a man of his years would not have been without women. She had even, in the long days of yearning, suspected his tenderness, which led him now to kiss her temples … Continue reading
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Tagged attempted love, expertise, love, passion, ruth wind, tenderness, the light of day, vulnerable, yearning
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Diane Ackerman says love requires the utmost vulnerability…
“We think of it as a sort of traffic accident of the heart. It is an emotion that scares us more than cruelty, more than violence, more than hatred. We allow ourselves to be foiled by the vagueness of the … Continue reading
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Tagged a natural history of love, attempted love, cruelty, diane ackerman, emotion, hatred, heart, love, scares, utmost, vagueness, violence, vulnerability
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