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...because two bodies, naked and entwined, leap over time, they are invulnerable, nothing can touch them, they return to the source. There is no you, no I, no tomorrow, no yesterday, no names, the truth of two in a single body, a single soul, oh total being... ↗

— Octavio Paz

#poetry #love

People who are filled with hate don't know how to handle love. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#love #love

No one can be a replacement for another person. That is why, farewells are always difficult. ↗

— Matsuri Hino

#romance #vampire-knight #love

I'd like to emphasize that when a reader finishes a great novel, he will immediately begin looking for another. If someone loves your book, it increases the chance that he or she will look at mine. So there is no competition between writers. Another writer's success helps build a larger readership for all of us. ↗

— David Farland

#critics #fantasy #writing #love

What really happened doesn't matter. What matters is how we agree to remember it. ↗

— Leila Sales

#love #romance #love

People in pain don’t always see things as clearly as they should ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#the-best-of-me #love

Sometimes people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said. Isaac shot me a look. "Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway. Don't you believe in true love? ↗

— John Green

#love #promises #the-fault-in-our-stars #young-adult #love

Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines his talent as a worker and his worth as a man. Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn't done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity. There is no standard of personal dignity except independence. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#independence #virtue #worth #love

The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#knowledge #learning #love

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game ↗

— Babe Ruth

#sports