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We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

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We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates us, and must here-after separate us. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

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Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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