“Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.”
Quotes about love
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“For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.”
“Love comes when manipulation stops when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.”
“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”
“You either love or you hate. You live in the middle, you get nothing.”
“You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the a-s.”
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
“Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.”
“All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.”
“Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.”
“Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.”
“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”
“You don't have to be singing about love all the time in order to give love to the people. You don't have to keep flashing those words all the time.”
“Don't forget to love yourself.”
“There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.”
“It's not an act. I love it. It's totally original. People go, 'What's going on with this guy? Why does he sound so weird? What is going on in his brain. I don't know. Just one day I suddenly woke up with a new brain.”
“Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.”
“Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.”
“Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.”
“Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.”
“May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.”
“To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it Whenever you're right, shut up.”
“The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.”