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“Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me — The Carriage held but just Ourselves — And Immortality.” - Emily Dickinson

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“As a general rule, people, even the wicked, are much more naive and simple-hearted than we suppose. And we ourselves are, too.” - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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“All we can know is that we know nothing. And that’s the height of human wisdom.” - Leo Tolstoy

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“Nothing I say can explain to you divine love, yet all of creation cannot seem to stop talking about it.” - Rumi

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“You are not a small star, you are a reflection of the entire cosmos.” - Aru Barzak

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“Male fantasy is seen as something that can create reality; whereas female fantasy is regarded as pure escape.” - Bell Hooks, All About Love

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“Contemplating death has always been a subject that leads me back to love.” - Bell Hooks, All About Love

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"To shut your eyes is to travel." - Emily Dickinson

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"Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time." - Viktor E. Frankl

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“Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.” - Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

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"Completely and perfectly and incandescently happy." - Jane Austen

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"Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates

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"Paths are made by walking." - Franz Kafka

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"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

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"Oh but that's the irony, broken people are not fragile." - Clinton Sammy Jr.

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"Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity." - C.S. Lewis

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"The unfed mind devours itself." - Gore Vidal