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Quote by Rita Mae Brown

“Love is the wild card of existence.”

Book:Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small

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Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small

This memoir delves into the author's personal experiences and reflections on their profound bond with animals, ranging from large creatures to smaller ones, offering insights into the unique relationships between humans and the animal kingdom. more

Author

Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown is an American writer born on November 28, 1944. Her works span across various genres including novels and poetry, known for her unique sense of humor and insightful commentary on social issues. more

“How do you spell love?... when you reach the point where the happiness, security and development of another person is as much of a driving force to you as your own happiness, security, and development, then you have a mature love. True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person.”

Love Giving Persons Force Love Is Security Development Driving Mature Spells Rooted True Love Is Driving Force Mature Love

Author:Josh McDowell

“While they danced they came over them the weariness with the world, the melancholy, the pity one for the other, which is the exultation of love.”

World Love Pity Melancholy Weariness

Book:Early poems and stories

Source: Early poems and stories

“Love is created and preserved by intellectual analysis, for we love only that which is unique, and it belongs to contemplation, not to action, for we would not change that which we love.”

Love Action Love Is Unique Intellectual Analysis Contemplation

Book:The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision: The Original 1925 Version

Source: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision: The Original 1925 Version

“It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.”