The truth is I'm getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you don't feel it on the inside, but from the outside everybody can see it.

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"There is always something left to love."

- Gabriel García Márquez

Love

"I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love."

- Gabriel García Márquez

Love

"I love you not for whom you are, but who I am when I’m by your side."

- Gabriel García Márquez

Love

"Love is as important as food."

- Gabriel García Márquez

Love

"The heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good."

- Gabriel García Márquez

Compassion

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

Awareness