The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself. ― Gore Vidal

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Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true. ― Jonathan Safran Foer

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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.

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But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age.

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All I know is that the first step is to create a vision, because when you see the vision – the beautiful vision – that creates the want power. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme difficulty of being oneself.

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No matter how tired you are, no matter how physically exhausting this work may be, it's beautiful to bring a smile into someone's life, to care for someone in need. What greater joy can there be?

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I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality of everything.

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To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they're blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

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Of course, I believe in love. Its beautiful when it's right. My love life is like my music.

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