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Quote by Margaret Atwood
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. – Margaret Atwood

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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. – Margaret Atwood

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Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. – Margaret Atwood

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I love you as you are, but do not tell me how that is. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. – Albert Camus

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Love does not dominate it cultivates. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. – William Arthur Ward

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When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history. – George J. Mitchell

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Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do. – Author Unknown

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Its passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election. – Margaret Thatcher

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When I was a kid, my father didnt really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer he didnt think I would amount to anything. My mother also. – Frank Gehry

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