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Roger de Bussy-Rabutin says absence is to love what wind is to fire…

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.” – Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

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Antoine de Saint-Expery says of course we’ll hurt each other…

“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the … Continue reading

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Francois de La Rouchefoucauld says absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones…

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire. – François de La Rouchefoucauld

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Margaret Atwood says better not to invent her in her absence…

“Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she’s actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along.” – Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

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