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Rumi says let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded…

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be.” ― Rumi

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Hermann Hesse says love must must not entreat…

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Love must not entreat,’ she added, ‘or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.” – Hermann Hesse, Demian

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Victor Hugo says yet it is in this way that love begins…

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Attempted Love

“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Gilbert says you have now reached infatuation’s final destination…

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Attempted Love

“You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and merciless devaluation of self.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

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Leo Tolstoy says is it really possible…

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?” – Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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Kate & Anna McGarrigle sing my love for you is like a sinking ship…

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Attempted Love
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Real Live Preacher says love the ones you can…

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Love the ones you can. Touch the ones you can reach. Let the others go.” – Real Live Preacher

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