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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent uns...more

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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

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He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

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There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.

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Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

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Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.'I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must alw...more

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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enoug...more

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A pretty building I'm making, without either bricks or timber. I'm up i' the garret a'ready, and haven't so much as dug the foundation.

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Yes! Thank God; human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty—it flows with resistless force and brings be...more

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What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life--to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each ot...more

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She hates everything that is not what she longs for.

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It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

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Those slight words and looks and touches are part of the soul's language; and the finest language, I believe, is chiefly made up of unimposing words, ...more