“When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.”
Source: Like the Flowing River
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Paulo Coelho 844
Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947Related quotes

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Quoted by Alvin Redman in The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde http://books.google.com/books?id=qUjQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Keep+love+in+your+heart+a+life+without+it+is+like+a+sunless+garden+when+the+flowers+are+dead+the+consciousness+of+loving+and+being+loved+brings+a+warmth+and+richness+to+life+that+nothing+else+can+bring%22&pg=PA102#v=onepage (1952)