“Do you believe in love?” he said. Sometimes I believe that love dies but hope springs eternal. Sometimes I believe that hope dies but love springs eternal. Sometimes I believe that sex plus guilt equals love, and sometimes I believe that sex plus guilt equals good sex. Sometimes I believe that love is as natural as the tides, and sometimes I believe that love is an act of will. Sometimes I believe that some people are better at love than others, and sometimes I believe that everyone is faking it. Sometimes I believe that love is essential, and sometimes I believe that the only reason love is essential is that otherwise you spend all your time looking for it.
“Yes,” I said. “I do.”
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“Yes,” I said. “I do.”
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“You are here to be free to be yourself. Never forget that.”
― Loving Yourself: The Mastery of Being Your Own Person
― Loving Yourself: The Mastery of Being Your Own Person
“We are neither of us the people we were then. Let us look on the past only as it gives us pleasure, and to the future with confidence and hope.”
― Death Comes to Pemberley
― Death Comes to Pemberley
“This is not a race. The destination is not important. It is in the journey where all of the critical steps are taken. So enjoy this, my friend. Because life is meant to be celebrated. All of it.”
― At Home with Madame Chic: Becoming a Connoisseur of Daily Life
― At Home with Madame Chic: Becoming a Connoisseur of Daily Life
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