"Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances."

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Source : Ivan Turgenev (2013). “Delphi Works of Ivan Turgenev (Illustrated)”, p.2630, Delphi Classics

Ivan Turgenev

#Love Quotes #Together Quotes #Stronger Quotes

“The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.”
“If one stays too long with friends They will soon tire of him; Living in such closeness leads to dislike and hate. It is but human to expect and demand too much When one dwells too long in companionship.”
“Don't raise your expectations too high. It's the surest way of being disappointed.”
“I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.”

Source : "I'm Tired (With Apologies to Pearl Bailey and Madeleine Kahn)". Second annual Liberty Round Table Conclave near Estes Park, Colorado, July 2, 1998.
“I used to take everything at face value. Because, when I say something, I mean it... so I used to feel that everybody else meant what they said. But of course that wasn't true. And life isn't that sweet and simple.”
“I used to shoot up and throw up, now I suit up and show up.”
“My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me.”
“The most beautiful pieces of art come from the ugliest situations.”

Source : Song: Ex Nihilo, Album: Heroes For Sale, 2013

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