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“Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can love only the people they prefer do not love at all. Love discovers truths about individuals that others cannot see”
― Soren Kierkegaard

“An intelligent person can rationalize anything; a wise person doesn't try.”
― Jen Knox, Chaos Magic

“I'm glad you like adverbs — I adore them; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.”
― Henry James

“I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.”
― George Gissing

“Without suffering, there'd be no compassion.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?”
― Toni Morrison

“Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.”
― Toni Morrison

“... we
do not admire what
we cannot understand.”
― Marianne Moore, Complete Poems

“Our finger prints don't fade from the lives we touch.”
― judy blume

“I am not interested in being original. I am interested in being true.”
― Agostinho da Silva

“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
― Matt Groening

“I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.”
― Norman Mailer