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This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

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When she had first crossed the dry and dusty world which his mind inhabited she had been like a spring shower; in opening himself to it he had not bee...more

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Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction.

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Here the whole world (stars, water, air,And field, and forest, as they wereReflected in a single mind)Like cast off clothes was left behindIn ashes, y...more

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I never heard weeping like that before or after; not from a child, nor a man wounded in the palm, nor a tortured man, nor a girl dragged off to slaver...more

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If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.

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The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surprising result will follow. If in your working hours...more

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Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

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Are not lifelong friendships born at the moment when at last you meet another human being who has some inkling (but faint and uncertain even in the be...more

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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too?

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It must be the full confession by Christendom of Christendom's specific contribution to the sum of human cruelty and treachery.

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The nearest thing we have to a defence against [the gods] (but there is no real defence) is to be very wide awake and sober and hard at work, to hear ...more

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The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.

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The human mind is generally farmore eager to praise and dispraise than to describe anddefine.