#ardor

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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He made a sound like a choked laughed before he reached out and pulled her into her arms. She was aware of Luke watching them from the window, but she shut her eyes resolutely and buried her face against Jace's shoulder. He smelled of salt and blood, and only when his mouth came close to her ear did she understand what he was saying, and it was the simplest litany of all: her name, just her name. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

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Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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