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“You Stole my loneliness. I may have given you wings, but you've become my gravity. I'll never be free of your force.”
― Pepper Winters, Tears of Tess

tags: romance

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“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

tags: aloneness, community, escape, fear, loneliness, love, relationship, solitude

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“Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.”
― Astrid Lindgren

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“Lie beside me, oh my beloved! For thy thorns are more pleasurable than the petals of the world.
Hold me in thy arms of hope, for the truth of separation can rest tonight.”
― Faraaz Kazi

tags: love, poetry, romance, separation

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“A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong.”
― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

tags: abandonment, belonging, fear, generousity, gift, heart, love, true-love

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