“In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder.”

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Fulton J. Sheen 78
Catholic bishop and television presenter 1895–1979

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