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I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that. ↗

— John Keats

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Love is what you've been through with somebody. ↗

— James Thurber

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Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. ↗

— James Thurber

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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time. ↗

— Lalla Ward

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Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse. ↗

— Mary Wesley

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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

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Passion is momentary; love is enduring. ↗

— John Wooden

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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value. ↗