„Most of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who they are, to love us.“
— Leo Buscaglia Motivational speaker, writer 1924 - 1998
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„Yes. I'm alone.
I would have thought there to be worse fates than this, but now I know there are none. Man is no island. We need those who love us. We need those who hate us. We need others to tether us to life, to give us a reason to live, to feel.“
— Pierce Brown, libro Morning Star
Origine: Morning Star (2016), Ch. 1: Only the Dark
„We are who we are, because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us.“
— Kate Mosse, libro The Winter Ghosts
Variante: And I shall set this last truth down. We are who we are because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us.
Origine: The Winter Ghosts
„We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.“
— Cassandra Clare, libro Clockwork Princess
Variante: Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.
Origine: Clockwork Princess
„those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers…“
— Anna Quindlen journalist, Novelist 1952
Origine: How Reading Changed My Life
„Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive…“
— Kate Bush British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer 1958
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
Contesto: p>Just being alive
It can really hurt
These moments given
Are a gift from time.Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive…</p
„We are bound to those we love by their imperfections — their perfections help us to explain them to others.“
— Elizabeth Bibesco writer, actress; Romanian princess 1897 - 1945
Haven (1951)
„To love is to be faithful to those who cheat on us.“
— Nélson Rodrigues Brazilian writer and playwright 1912 - 1980
Teatro Quase Completo - Page 440, by Nelson Rodrigues - Published by Tempo Brasileiro, 1965
„We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.“
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox American author and poet 1850 - 1919
Variante: We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest;
And deal full many a thoughtless blow,
To those who love us best.
„We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.“
— Cassandra Clare, libro Shadowhunters - Città del fuoco celeste
Origine: City of Heavenly Fire
„May we solemnly realize that we shall never be true sons of our heavenly Father until we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.“
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968
1950s, Loving Your Enemies (Christmas 1957)
Contesto: Jesus is eternally right. History is replete with the bleached bones of nations that refused to listen to him. May we in the twentieth century hear and follow his words-before it is too late. May we solemnly realize that we shall never be true sons of our heavenly Father until we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.
„Truly we work and live on a streetful of splendid people, whom we are to love and serve even if they are uninterested in us!“
— Neal A. Maxwell Mormon leader 1926 - 2004
Origine: The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book
„I love who dares... I hate those who use.“
— Prevale Italian DJ and producer 1983
Originale: Amo chi osa... odio chi usa.
„We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us.“
— Kate DiCamillo, libro Because of Winn-Dixie
Origine: Because of Winn-Dixie
