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“It's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close.”
― Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
― Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
“We think our job as humans is to avoid pain, our job as parents is to protect our children from pain, and our job as friends is to fix each other's pain. Maybe that's why we all feel like failures so often - because we all have the wrong job description for love.”
― Love Warrior
― Love Warrior
“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
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“Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.”
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
― Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
“Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true,
But are not critics to their judgment, too?”
― An Essay On Criticism
But are not critics to their judgment, too?”
― An Essay On Criticism
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