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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young,

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. – John Ciardi

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What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. – John Ciardi

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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. – John Ciardi

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I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. – Mother Teresa

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I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. – Audrey Hepburn

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Alcohol may be mans worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy. – Frank Sinatra

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Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you cant even think straight. – Marilyn French

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