"The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope."

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"The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope."

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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."

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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."

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

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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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"Sin lies at the heart of chaotic world conditions as we now know them and as they have existed through the centuries."

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"Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like."

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"The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion."

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"Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death."

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"It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed."

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"Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away."

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"Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom."

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"The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out."

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