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“No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“بسخاء تباركين ما عند كل واحد
أيتها القوى السماوية!
آه ، باركي ما عندي أيضاً
ولا تُخلي الأقدار تُنهي باكراً حُلمي!”
― هولدرلين, هلدرلن، مختارات من شعره

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese