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Angela N. Blount says it’s passion combined with the commitment…

“Romantic love, I think, requires a degree of physical attraction, but devotion is needed to maintain it as an actual relationship. Physical attraction is a feeling you don’t really have control over, but devotion is something that has to be … Continue reading

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George Eliot says some of us, with quick alternative vision, see beyond our infatuations…

“Strange, that some of us, with quick alternative vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us.” – George Eliot, Middlemarch

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Dorothy L. Sayers says we can’t possess one another…

“For God’s sake, let’s take the word ‘possess’ and put a brick round its neck and drown it … We can’t possess one another. We can only give and hazard all we have.” – Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman’s Honeymoon

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Charles Dickens says she deserves the best and purest love…

“I know that she deserves the best and purest love the heart of man can offer,” said Mrs. Maylie; “I know that the devotion and affection of her nature require no ordinary return, but one that shall be deep and … Continue reading

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Graham Greene says the cold heart is more precious than diamonds…

“Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away.” – Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter

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Richelle E. Goodrich says true love does more than cause your heart to flutter…

“Love is years of devotion, sacrifice, commitment, loyalty, trust, faith, and friendship all wrapped up in one. True love does more than cause your heart to flutter. It upholds your heart when the infatuation no longer makes it flutter.” – … Continue reading

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Bessie Smith sings your heart will break like mine…

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