The people who are absent are the ideal, those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

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We are shaped and fashioned by those we love.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

Love is when two people know everything about each other and are still friends.

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

People don’t take trips, trips take people.

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.