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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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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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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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Elvis Presley sings I’d spend a lifetime waiting for the right time…

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Anna Louis Strong says to fall in love is easy…

“To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough.  But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the … Continue reading

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Mark Sloan says if you love someone, you tell them…

“If you love someone, you tell them.  Even if you’re scared that it’s not the right thing.  Even if you’re scared that it’ll cause problems.  Even if you’re scared that it will burn your life to the ground, you say … Continue reading

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M. Scott Peck says community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses…

“How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requires the ability to be affected by … Continue reading

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