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Alexandra Katehakis and Tom Bliss say our capacity to receive…

“The only possible match for someone who doesn’t know how to receive is someone who doesn’t know how to give.” – Amanda Owen RECEPTIVITY Our capacity to receive–be it love, money, friendship, compliments or presents–stems from our ability to acknowledge … Continue reading

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Jewel says I want love to be simple…

“I want love to be simple. I want to trust without thinking. I want to be generous with my affection and patience and love unconditionally. It is easier to love a person with their flaws than to weed through them. … Continue reading

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David Whyte says we can never know in the beginning…

“We can never know in the beginning, in giving ourselves to a person, to a work, to a marriage or to a cause, exactly what kind of love we are involved with. When we demand a certain specific kind of … Continue reading

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Aditya Shah says never struggle to chase love, affection, or attention…

“Never struggle to chase love, affection, or attention.  If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having.” – Aditya Shah

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Munia Khan says a concrete love is a mass of emotion…

“A concrete love is a mass of emotion formed into a compound mixture  of affection, care, desire and expectation.” – Munia Khan

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A.P. says you must ask the young if you want to know what love is…

“Love is about giving, about caring for the other person’s welfare. Love is treating someone, in the Kantian sense, never as a means but as an end in themselves. Love is sacrifice, love is something you work at, something you … Continue reading

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W.H. Auden says if equal affection cannot be…

“If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.” – W.H. Auden

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