“When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the façade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way.”
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“I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.”
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“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”
― The Way of Chuang Tzu
― The Way of Chuang Tzu
“Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're "equally infinite." Infinity just is, and that's the way I think love is, too.”
― The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
― The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
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