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Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ↗

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Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. ↗

— Ann Landers

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Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ↗

— Bruce Lee

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We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. ↗

— John Lennon

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Love is the flower you've got to let grow. ↗

— John Lennon

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Love is more powerful than kicking ass. ↗

— Jet Li

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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing. ↗