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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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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. – John Ciardi

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Change
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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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Trust
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The love of economy is the root of all virtue. – George Bernard Shaw

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Love does not care to define and is never in a hurry to do so. – Charles du Bos

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The problem is, women have stopped setting the bar high. – Steve Harvey

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