"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...

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
~ Leo Tolstoy ~












You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love...
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