Mary Alice Monroe
Author
"Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we love."
Those We Love quotes
Those We Love
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Moliere
Playwright, Actor
"We are easily duped by those we love."
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
"The world is truly round and seems to start and end with those we love."
Gustave Flaubert
Novelist
"But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands."
Emily Dickinson
Poet
"Had we less to say to those we love, perhaps we should say it oftener."
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"Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe."
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