“When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.”
Source: A Farewell to Arms
“What you tell me about in the nights. That is not love. That is only passion and lust. When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.”
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Ernest Hemingway
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A Farewell to Arms
Source: A Farewell to Arms
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