Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
Victor Hugo
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But before you try something, make sure that yo...
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VICTOR HUGO No queda más remedio: tienen que existir quienes rezan siempre por quienes no rezan nunca
VICTOR HUGO Je vois de la lumière neuve
(I see a new light)
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UNKNOWN When the sun and the moon will be identically seen together,
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J. SARRAF I love you more eternal than pi.
KAREN MARIE MONING The heart of standing is you cannot fly.
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MAHATMA GANDHI Hugo, nothing can stop you now,
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RAY GOFORTH What people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket. Hugo watched as she fiddled wi...
BRIAN SELZNICK One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any e...
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OSCAR AULIQ-ICE May today be the best birthday of your life, I give you my heart as the most precious gift I can giv...
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My answer was even wilder!
Fir...
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