"Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation."
"Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden."
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Source: Ruth Benedict (1973). “Patterns of Culture”, p.57, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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