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To love at all is

To love at all is to be vulnerable.
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No one ever told me

No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear.
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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy,

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
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Experience: that most brutal of

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
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Love anything and your heart

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.
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The very idea of freedom

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike.
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We laugh at honor and

We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
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Mortal lovers must not try

Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
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There are two kinds of

There are two kinds of people those who say to God, Thy will be done, and those to whom God says, All right, then, have it your way.
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Telling us to obey instinct

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....
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