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Natasha, in her lilac silk dress trimmed with black lace walked, as women can walk, with the more repose and stateliness the greater the pain and sham...more

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He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.

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If a man decides that it is better for him to resist the demands of a present feeble love, in the name of another, of a future manifestation, he decei...more

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To love life is to love God.

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If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.

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Only one thing is necessary: we should all have a pure heart, with no anger, hatred, irritation, or hostility in it. If you feel hostility toward anot...more

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Our life has been joined, not by man, but by God. That union can only be severed by a crime, and a crime of that nature brings its own chastisement.

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-Why are you so sad? - Because you speak to me in words and I look at you with feelings.

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Love does not exist. There exists the physical need for intercourse, and the rational need for a mate in life.

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When loving with human love one may pass from love to hatred, but divine love cannot change.

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if they hadn’t both been pretending, but had had what is called a heart-to-heart talk, that is, simply told each other just what they were thinking an...more

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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.

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One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees...

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it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

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Love them that hate you, but you can't love them whom you hate.