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Judith Plaskow says if sexuality is one dimension of our ability to live passionately…

“If sexuality is one dimension of our ability to live passionately in the world then in cutting off our sexual feelings we diminish our overall power to feel know and value deeply.” – Judith Plaskow, Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from … Continue reading

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Ruth Etting sings I’ve traveled around, finally found somebody who…

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Nora Roberts says feeling too much is…

“Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.” – Nora Roberts, Midnight Bayou

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Francesco Petrarca says love is bitter and sweet…

“I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.” – Francesco … Continue reading

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Annie Dillard says nothing moves a woman so deeply…

“Nothing moves a woman so deeply as the boyhood of the man she loves.” – Annie Dillard

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Boris Pasternak says they loved each, not driven by necessity…

“They loved each other, not driven by necessity, by the “blaze of passion” often falsely ascribed to love. They loved each other because everything around them willed it, the trees and the clouds and the sky over their heads and … Continue reading

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Omar Kyayyam says it’s too bad if a heart lacks fire…

“It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire, and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze. The day on which you are without passionate love is the most wasted day of your life.” – Omar Kyayyam

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