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“I’ve always known, on a purely intellectual level, that our separateness and isolation are an illusion. We’re all made of the same thing—the blown-out pieces of matter formed in the fires of dead stars. I’ve just never felt that knowledge in my bones until that moment, there, with you. And it’s because of you.”
― Dark Matter
― Dark Matter
“Courage isn't an absence of fear', cried out Sara. 'It's the light we find when fear is all there is. You're needed now, so find your courage”
― The Devil and the Dark Water
― The Devil and the Dark Water
“Things don’t have to stay as what they started out as.”
― Legends & Lattes
― Legends & Lattes
“Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved."
Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love."
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.”
― The Art of Loving
Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love."
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.”
― The Art of Loving
“Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
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