"It's not the having, it's the getting."

Taylor, Elizabeth on achievement
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"Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children, the light of the sun, the sighing of the wind, and the gleam of the stars --all the beauties of creation."

Hugo, Victor on absence
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"It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely."

Einstein, Albert on loneliness
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"A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on nostalgia
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"The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together."

Angelis, Barbara De on love
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"Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?"

Bach, Richard on friends and friendship
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"Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate."

Pratt, David on friends and friendship
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"We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass."

Johnson, Samuel on temptation
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