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aya’s Quotes

“From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.”
― Louise Gluck

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“Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.”
― Louise Glück

tags: love, unrequited-love

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“Intense love always leads to mourning.”
― Louise Gluck, The Triumph of Achilles

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“This is important: he sees me in a certain way, a way he will never deviate from. In the end, love was only possible because he saw me not as who I was, but as the person I would become.”
― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

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“I want
To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
― Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

tags: love

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This group is for those participating in The 52 Book Club's annual challenges! With 52 unique prompts released each year, the goal is to diversify our ...more