Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

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Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

-- Bertrand Russell

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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.

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The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. –

-- Bertrand Russell

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