Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
"Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all."
Sad Love quotes
Sad Love
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Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Parting is such sweet sorrow"
Plato
Philosopher
"There is no such thing as a lovers' oath."
Dorothy B. Hughes
Author
"I was born when you kissed me."
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"A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship."
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"Without love, benevolence becomes egotism."
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"Alas, that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! *It’s sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but it’s actually very rough when you experience it.*"
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