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“My great truth: it is possible to love the human race.”
“One teaches out of love: it's an impertinence, an imposition, in the end it's terrifying.”
“What's the winter for? To remember love.”
“Listen to the haters: they may remind you of new ways to love.”
“Teaching: one of the few professions that permit love.”
“To love objects is to love life.”
“I have undone myself loving the shine on stones. Must I forget the mice in the ferns? Yes.”