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William Butler Yeats says true love is a discipline in which…

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Attempted Love

“True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other and refuses to believe in the mere daily self.” – William Butler Yeats

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William Butler Yeats says it is so may years before one can believe enough…

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Attempted Love

“It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is.” – William Butler Yeats

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William Butler Yeats says I, being poor, have only my dreams…

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Attempted Love

“HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being … Continue reading →

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William Butler Yeats says love also creates the mask…

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Attempted Love

“In wise love each defines the secret self of the other, and refusing to believe in the mere daily self, creates a mirror where the lover or the beloved sees an image to copy in daily life; for love also … Continue reading →

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