“When love is no longer burdened with the demand to control or possess, then love becomes a reflection of the sincerity of a sacrifice. Because love should not bind. Because love should liberate.”

—  Titon Rahmawan

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“Love is not lust. The two (love and lust) are poles apart. Love liberates while lust binds.”

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T. B. Joshua (1963) Nigerian Christian leader

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“When I said that one may love and be loved at any age I ought to have added that sometimes this love comes too late. It comes when one no longer has the right to prove to the loved one how much she is loved, except by love's sacrifice.”

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