The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.

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"Love is a joint experience between two persons--but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved."

- Carson McCullers

Love

"How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?"

- Carson McCullers

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"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."

- Flora Edwards

Compassion