“The sincerity of love that is willing to sacrifice is the essence of noble love. Love that does not think of itself. Love that is willing to do anything for the happiness of the person it loves.”

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“Such was God's original love for man, that He was willing to stoop to any sacrifice to save him; and the gift of a Saviour was the mere expression of that love.”

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Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 272.

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“Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives.”

Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) American-Irish novelist

Source: "Dragonrider", published in Analog (January 1968), p. 148; also in Dragonsong, (1976) Ch. 7, p. 89

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“Being in Love means being willing to ruin yourself for the other person.”

Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist

Source: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

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“I'm not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty.”

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker

Source: The White Book

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