“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindness, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.” – Ellen Goodman
Tag: Love Quotes
“Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting is to come sooner or later.” – Alice Munro, The Progress of Love
“Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.” – Susan Sontag
“Perfection is inhuman. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love…is the imperfection of the human being.” – Joseph Campbell
“Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us.” – Pablo Neruda
“What cannot be said will be wept.” – Sappho
“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.” – Albert Camus
“Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is.” – Marianne Williamson
“There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing.” – Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin In The Sun
“Forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.” – Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn
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