“Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other.”
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)
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Charles Bukowski book The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
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Our poor people are great people, a very lovable people, They don’t need our pity and sympathy. They need our understanding of love and they need our respect. <br class="br">Come Be My Light <br class="br">Source: Knoansw, A Simple Path Quotes – The Inspiring Book Of Mother Teresa, September 03, 2020 https://knoansw.com/a-simple-path-quotes-mother-teresa/
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Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) New Zealand writer
Said at Keswick, as quoted in The Education Outlook (1926) Vol. 78
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
Il y a deux amours: celui qui commande et celui qui obéit; ils sont distincts et donnent naissance à deux passions, et l’une n’est pas l’autre.
Part I, ch. XXI.
Letters of Two Brides (1841-1842)
“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Invisible Monsters
Jean Vanier (1928–2019) Canadian humanitarian
Google this: Jean Vanier and what it means to be human http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-briggs/google-this-jean-vanier-a_b_7484702.html Huffington Post, 02/06/2015 <br class="br">From interviews and talks