"Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love."

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"Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love."

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"I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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"The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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"In Christ the middle wall of partition has been broken down. There is no Jew, no Gentile-no black, white, yellow, or red. We could be one great brotherhood in Jesus Christ. However, until we come to recognize Him as the Prince of Peace and receive His love in our hearts, the racial tensions will increase, racial demands will become more militant, and a great deal of blood will be shed. The race problem could become another flame out of control!"

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"The proof of true love for God is in service to others."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Even if the two lovers are mature and experienced people who know that broken hearts heal in the end and can clearly foresee that, if they once steeled themselves to go through the present agony of parting, they would almost certainly be happier ten years hence than marriage is at all likely to make them - even then, they would not part."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"But it's not safe and I can feel him slipping away, so I just get out one more sentence. "Stay with me." As the tendrils of sleep syrup pull me down, I hear him whisper a word back but I don't catch it."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

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"Love is the light and source of life, and happiness is the delight and essence of life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Love is never blind; it sees with ucute clarity. A closed mind, wounded heart, and a bitter disposition surely cannot perceive love's myriad ways of communicating."

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

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"It is Satan's purpose to steal the seed of truth from your heart by sending distracting thoughts . . . The difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is: though they both may have good and evil thoughts, Christ gives His followers strength to select the right rather than the wrong."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

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"Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains."

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"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from."

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"Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice."

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"We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about."

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"The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle."

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"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."

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"Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible."

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"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."

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