"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."
-John Ciardi
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"Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.“
-John Ciardi
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"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."
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"Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."
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"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."
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"Poetry lies its way to the truth."
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"You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone."
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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
-George Sand
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
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"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
-William Shakespeare
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"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy."
-Robert A. Heinlein
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"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
-Charles M. Schulz
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