"We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?"

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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

Love, Parting, Future, Healing

"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."

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

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking."

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"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."

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"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."

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"Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter."

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"The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future."

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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."

"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."

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

Explore more quotes by Jessamyn West

"Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract."

"Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking."

"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."

"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."

"Groan and forget it."

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"Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter."

"The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future."

"If you train people properly, they won't be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier."