The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

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"I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year."

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Love

"I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller Than when I went."

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Hope

"Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell."

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Adversity

"I dread no more the first white in my hair, Or even age itself, the easy shoe, The cane, the wrinkled hands, the special chair: Time, doing this to me, may alter too My anguish, into something I can bear"

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Resilience

""April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.""

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

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"Love sees not with the eyes, but with the heart."

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"The spell will be broken, the Beast will cease to exist, and I will become a prince once more, if she can learn to love and be loved in return."

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"Love is not about finding someone perfect, but about accepting their imperfections."

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"Love can break even the most powerful of curses."

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"Love is not a choice, but a force that binds souls together."

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