"Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Affection, Love, Nurture, Desire, Appreciation

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"Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it."

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"I didn't mean to snore in your ear, but I wanted to inhale all of what was wrapped up in the comforter with me."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

Affection, Comfort, Love

"The basis of love that most people share is the intimacy they developed with their partners, the intensity of their attraction, or the similarity of their thought patterns."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Affection, Love, Attraction, Connection

"But today, I feel the genuine warmth, the affection, and although I may joke about it, I am touched."

Perry Como, American Musician

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"Love starts when peace begins."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

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"...because love is continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Affection, Love, Question, Interrogation, Emotion

"He wanted to fuck her loudly on a hard bed with rain beating on the windows."

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

Affection, Passion, Truth, Love, Happiness

"Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi."

Charles Rosen, American Musician

Affection, Public

"Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends. Love means nothing in tennis,But it's everything in life."

Abhysheq Shukla, Indian Author

Affection, Love, Life, Tennis, Connection

"When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

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"Sex was this primal connection like no magick she had ever known, even separated by a millimeter of latex. She knew that some combined the two and, while she could see how this would improve the magick, it would dilute the sex."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Affection, Sex, Connection, Magic, Sensuality

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"Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history; nature, second. Folly is the worst speaker in history; fools, second."

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"See what love sees. Hear what love hears. Say what love says. Do what love does."

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"Do good. Spread love. Embrace all. Hurt none."

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"Lead rationally. Lead responsibly. Lead resiliently. Lead reliably."

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"I didn't mean to snore in your ear, but I wanted to inhale all of what was wrapped up in the comforter with me."

"The basis of love that most people share is the intimacy they developed with their partners, the intensity of their attraction, or the similarity of their thought patterns."

"But today, I feel the genuine warmth, the affection, and although I may joke about it, I am touched."

"Love starts when peace begins."

"...because love is continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love."

"He wanted to fuck her loudly on a hard bed with rain beating on the windows."

"Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi."

"Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends. Love means nothing in tennis,But it's everything in life."

"When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that."

"Sex was this primal connection like no magick she had ever known, even separated by a millimeter of latex. She knew that some combined the two and, while she could see how this would improve the magick, it would dilute the sex."

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"The size of the seed does not determine the size of the tree."

"You are beloved; even if you were the last person on earth, the sun would rise for you."

"A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred."

"Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master."

"A flower that refuses to bloom robs the world of its beauty."

"Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history; nature, second. Folly is the worst speaker in history; fools, second."

"See what love sees. Hear what love hears. Say what love says. Do what love does."

"Do good. Spread love. Embrace all. Hurt none."

"Thoughts are powerful; before you were born, you were one."

"Lead rationally. Lead responsibly. Lead resiliently. Lead reliably."