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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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Marcus Aurelius says love the people with whom fate brings you together…

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. – Marcus Aurelius

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Christopher Hitchens say it’s a solid lesson in the limitations of self to realize that…

“Nothing can make one so happily exhilarated or so frightened: it’s a solid lesson in the limitations of self to realize that your heart is running around inside someone else’s body.” – Christopher Hitchens

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Rumi says there is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled…

“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?” – Rumi

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Sarah Dessen says they just happen to be the same person…

“That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.” – Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

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Willa Cather says the heart of another is a dark forest…

“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.” – Willa Cather

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E.A. Bucchianeri says a true friend has your best interests at heart…

“… a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.” – E.A Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

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