Mary Oliver
Poet
"In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love and the ability to question. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us."
Ability To Love quotes
Ability To Love
10 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Erich Fromm
Psychologist, Philosopher
"Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Leader, Emperor
"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains."
Charles Bukowski
Poet, Novelist
"If you have the ability to love, love yourself first."
J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!"
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"How long can a man live on the outside before he loses his ability to love? How long before there's no more hope?"
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