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Philip Larkin says in everyone there sleeps a sense of life lived according to love…

“In everyone there sleeps A sense of life lived according to love. To some it means the difference they could make By loving others, but across most it sweeps,  As all they might have done had they been loved. That … Continue reading

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Seamus Heaney says if self is a location, so is love…

“If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance, Here and there and now and then, a stance.” – Seamus Heaney, District and Circle

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Tom Robbins says security is out of the question…

“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and … Continue reading

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Thomas Hardy says love is a possible strength…

“Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.” – Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

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Henry James says if you’ll only trust me…

“I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.” – Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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Willie Dixon sings I don’t want you cause I’m sad and blue…

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky says love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing…

“Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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