“When life is hard, remember - we are not the first to ask, 'Is there no other way?”

— Jeffrey R. Holland

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Mormon leader 1940

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“I remember the morning that I first asked the meaning of the word, "love."”

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Context: I remember the morning that I first asked the meaning of the word, "love." This was before I knew many words. I had found a few early violets in the garden and brought them to my teacher. She tried to kiss me: but at that time I did not like to have any one kiss me except my mother. Miss Sullivan put her arm gently round me and spelled into my hand, "I love Helen."
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