
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
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with your one wild and precious life?”
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“And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees

“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving

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― Leaves of Grass
This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson
?? ?done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the
?? ?themes thou lovest best,
Night, sleep, death and the stars.
¡ª Walt Whitman, ¡°A Clear Midnight,¡± Leaves of Grass. Originally published: July 4, 1855.
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― Leaves of Grass
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