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Shana Abe says all that effort…

“All that effort,” he mused, “merely to avoid me. How gratifying.” – Shana Abe, The Smoke Thief

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C.S. Lewis says why love if losing hurts so much…

“Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not alone.” – C.S. Lewis

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Rainer Maria Rilke says we need, in love, to practice only this…

“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.” – Rainer Maria Rilke, Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

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Bob Marley says we should not cry about something that was taken from us…

“The winds that sometimes take something we love, are the same that bring us something we learn to love. Therefore we should not cry about something that was taken from us, but, yes, love what we have been given. Because … Continue reading

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Cathleen Schine says they loved her and called her…

“… there had been the two little boys. Now they were gone, too. They loved her and called her and sent her e-mails and would still snuggle up to her to be petted when they were in the mood, but … Continue reading

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh says when you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way…

“When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most … Continue reading

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Sam Keen says to take the risk of loving…

“The traditional gender ideals of the strong-silent man who plays his cards close to his chest and the mysterious woman who disguises her feelings with coyness go so far as to make a virtue of being unavailable and secretive. But … Continue reading

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