"Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love."
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"It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end it itself."
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"...The girl raised her eyes to see who was passing by the window, and that casual glance was the beginning of a cataclysm of love that still had not ended half a century later."
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"His heart danced upon her movement like a cork upon a tide."
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"You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you."
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"I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal."
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"Nothing prepared me for your smile"
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"The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side."
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"I'll always thank the Lord when my working day is through, I get my sweet reward to be alone with you."
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"If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment."
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"People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences."
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"Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends."
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"It was the time when they loved each other best, without hurry or excess, when both were most conscious of and grateful for their incredible victories over adversity."
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"Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment."
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"But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does."
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"I wish I knew how to quit you, Tumblr."
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"You could hold me and I could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Completely peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but awake in it together."
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"We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other."
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"I'll paint you moments of gold, I'll spin you Valentine evenings."
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"Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival."
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