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“When you love someone as much as that, you don't believe they can die. You think your love protects them. Even if he doesn't come back, even if he gets lost in the snow or is hit by a stray bullet, she'll wait for him.”

Book:The Wine of Solitude

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“And at once I fell in love with her, for if it is sometimes enough to make us love a woman that she should look on us with contempt, as I supposed Mlle Swann to have done, and that we should think that she can never be ours, sometimes, too, it is enough that she should look on us kindly, as Mme de Guermantes was doing, and that we should think of her as almost ours already.”

Love Affection Admiration Contempt

Book:Swann’s Way

Source: Swann’s Way

“Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover.”

Discipline Affection

Book:Eisenhower in War and Peace

Source: Eisenhower in War and Peace

“Sometimes words are like water and lips as strong as wine.”

Love Life Affection

Author:Dave Guerrero

“I know strong cages that are narrow and difficult to avoid: the cages of love. I'm not sure if others build them, like a tailor makes clothes fitted for you, or if you make them on your own. Whether it's the love of a mother, of a child, or of a mate, all cages are made of threats and guilt.”

Love Affection Cages Of Love

Book:Stable of Sorrow

Source: Stable of Sorrow

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