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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Nate

—  Rainer Maria Rilke

Mourning is the price we pay for having the courage to love others

March 15, 2021September 2, 2022 Nate

— From Book “A Matter of Death and Life”

The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of love…

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Nate

“Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. It can be light as the hug we give a friend or heavy as the sacrifices we make for our children. It can be romantic, platonic, familial, fleeting, everlasting, conditional, unconditional, imbued with sorrow, stoked by sex, sullied

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How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

July 4, 2019August 4, 2019 Nate

— Albert Einstein

Love is the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle aged, and the mutual dependence of the old

January 14, 2018August 4, 2019 Nate

— John Ciardi

A marriage counselor was giving a seminar to a room filled with people seeking marital advice…

June 11, 2017August 4, 2019 Nate

— From Invest Like a Guru – How to Generate Higher Returns at Reduced Risk with Value Investing P. 39 … he projected his first slide, the key to a successful marriage, which showed just one phrase: ‘Love each other, forever.’ Participants started to shake their heads and said the sentiment was hard to put

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