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Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. ↗

— Henri Lacordaire

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The citadel of Jones was now taken by surprise. All those considerations of honour and prudence which our heroe had lately with so much military wisdom placed as guards over the avenues of his heart, ran away from their posts, and the god of love marched in, in triumph. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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Sorvia o ar, farejando-lhe o almíscar virginal. E fazia de conta que não a procurava, escusando-se com fingida surpresa: - Pensei que fosse ... E, assim, confundiu-a, de cada vez, com todos os seres animados e inanimados do Marzagão, inclusive, distraidamente, com ela mesma: - Pensei que fosse você... ↗

— José Americo de Almeida

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You are the grace of my life So tender, so undeserved Hard to believe you're my wife Even harder to put what I feel into words If I need evidence God is good Just looking at you is enough You are the grace of my life For you grace my life with your love ↗

— Brian Littrell

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What I know of love is satisfaction, Contentment, pleasure, and vivaciousness. But all my envisions were all fictions. 'Cause there's no such thing as pure happiness. ↗

— Eli Emmanuel N. Libuit

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She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it. ↗

— Alasdair Gray

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This time he could no longer hold back his tears. And with them came words that he’d never been able to say to her his entire life. “I love you, Helena. I have always loved you. Wake up and let me prove it to you. ↗

— Sherry Thomas

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True happiness is always self-forgetful: it loses itself in the object of its joy. As the joy of the Holy Ghost fills us, and we rejoice in God the Holy One, through our Lord Jesus Christ. [. . .] Love and joy ever keep company. Love, denying and forgetting itself for the brethren and the lost, living in them, finds the joy of God. ‘The kingdom of God is joy in the Holy Ghost. ↗

— Andrew Murray

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Had he made loud, passionate love with his lovers? Is that why he used the phrase loud, passionate love?" -Arelia ↗

— Kira Saito

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They scoot away from each other as soon as I open the door, like they’re afraid that their cuddling will bruise my eyes. ↗

— Hannah Moskowitz

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