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“Great devotion is necessary for great achievement.”

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“She was always human, difficult as it was for me to admit that; I made so much trouble for myself by refusing to see it.”

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“Great devotion couple with great determination are necessary for great achievements.”

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Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“His feelings were confused; he wanted to grasp till Alexander's very bones were somehow engulfed within himself, but knew this to be wicked and mad; he would kill anyone who harmed a hair of his head.”

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“I’ve hoarded your name in my mouth for months. My throat is a beehive pitched in the river. Look! Look how long this love can hold its breath.”

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Source: Today Means Amen

“I think you have a great capacity for devotion,”

Book:A Streetcar Named Desire

Source: A Streetcar Named Desire

“He wanted me to know he thought I was getting away with something wrong. I thought about the time Billy was sick and said he wanted strawberries. How Paul asked him, "Do you want them cold or room temperature? Cooked down or raw? Narrow it down, because whatever you want, I'll get it for you." Anything Billy wanted, Paul got, whatever it took. And this pathetic excuse of a man had no idea what that kind of devotion meant, and he didn't deserve an answer. The denial of real love-- *that* was the perversion.”

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Book:All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South

Source: All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South

“Hephaistion was thinking how fragile his rib cage seemed, how terrible were the warring desires to cherish and to crush it.”

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Book:fire from heaven

Source: fire from heaven

“Naive...The naive pursuit of happiness that keeps us looking for...Hoping for better days.”

Book:The Other Side of the Mirror Volume 1

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“The devout read their religious texts daily.”

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Book:In Limbo

Source: In Limbo

“God is in my heart.' -- This has become the most common excuse to avoid spiritual journey. If He were in your heart, you would be swept over by feelings and emotions. Instead thoughts and opinions are crawling all over you.”

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Author:Shunya