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“When we show a friend a city one has already visited, we feel the same pride as when we point out a woman whose lover we have been.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“To survive we must simply live. To love, we must love hard.”
― Abby Maslin, Love You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love

“Tis a Fearful Thing

‘Tis a fearful thing
to love what death can touch.

A fearful thing
to love, to hope, to dream, to be –

to be,
And oh, to lose.

A thing for fools, this,

And a holy thing,

a holy thing
to love.

For your life has lived in me,
your laugh once lifted me,
your word was gift to me.

To remember this brings painful joy.

‘Tis a human thing, love,
a holy thing, to love
what death has touched.”
― Judah Halevi

“Neither TC nor I would choose to spend our lives living in fear of those who might hurt us. Fear doesn't keep people safe, we've always seemed to implicitly agree. It keeps them small and scared.”
― Abby Maslin, Love You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love