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Euripides says he is not a lover…

“He is not a lover who does not love forever.” – Euripides

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Stephen King says might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon…

“Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.” – Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three

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Derrick Jensen says what if the point of life…

“What if the point of life has nothing to do with the creation of an ever-expanding region of control? What if the point is not to keep at bay all those people, beings, objects and emotions that we so needlessly … Continue reading

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

“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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Ram Dass says I’m not interested in being a lover…

“I’m not interested in being a “lover.” I’m interested in only being love.”  – Ram Dass

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Carl Jung says where love rules, there is no will to power…

“Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking.  The one is the shadow of the other.” – Carl Jung, On the Psychology of the Unconsciousness

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Carson McCullers talks about the lover and the beloved…

“Most of us would rather love than be loved.  Almost everyone wants to be the lover.  And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many.  The beloved fears and … Continue reading

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