"Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."
-Erich Fromm
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"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.“
-Erich Fromm
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