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Love that is not madness is not love. ↗

— Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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He reached out and intertwined our hands. Gently urging me forward he whispered, “Have I lost you love? ↗

— Erin Jamison

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Addy, living one day without you would never be for the best. I want you every minute of every day. Forever. I love you. ↗

— Lauren Hammond

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There was a time Jeff and Helen loved each other and touched each other's hands and ate breakfast in cafes together and secretly fucked in public, the way people in like do. Then came a time they made each other crazy and beat their hands on steering wheels and tore up love letters and photographs and said goodbye. ↗

— Amy Guth

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Necessity knows no magic formulae-they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Francis of Assisi's shoulders. ↗

— Milan Kundera

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In the harsh veracity of the real world, he was rich, successful, and one of the most desired bachelors in New York—and I was, well, me. A world I hoped wouldn’t tear us apart by pointing out just how different our lives were. “You’re probably eager to get home,” Jett whispered in my ear so the flight attendant serving coffee wouldn’t hear us, “but will you stay with me one more night? I’m not quite ready to let this go. ↗

— J.C. Reed

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But it's possible to love more than one person at a time, Bella. I've seen it in action. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

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They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much. The laws that make grandmothers grandmothers, uncles uncles, mothers mothers, cousins cousins, jam jam, and jelly jelly. It was a time when uncles became fathers, mothers lovers, and cousins died and had funerals. It was a time when the unthinkable became thinkable and the impossible really happened. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

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One of these days, you're going to fall in love with some guy, and you're not going to know what to do with yourself. ↗

— Jane Roberts

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