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title: "7 Essential Love Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [In these gaudy times, we think we will shortly reach the point where everything is known, but the fact is we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rouault/in-these-gaudy-times-we-think-we-will-shortly-reach-the-point-where/)

[Georges Rouault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-rouault/)

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> [It is essential that our love be liberating, not possessive. We must at all times give those we love the freedom to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/it-is-essential-that-our-love-be-liberating-not-possessive-we-must-at/)

[John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/)

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> [“It is essential to love that it be, not a focus of two persons on each other, but of two persons on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-m-spencer/it-is-essential-to-love-that-it-be-not-a-focus-of-two-persons-on-each/)

[Joseph M. Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-m-spencer/)

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> [What is essential in love is what the French call 'amour fou.' What is that in English? Crazy love? That doesn't sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-vargas-llosa/what-is-essential-in-love-is-what-the-french-call-amour-fou-what-is/)

[Mario Vargas Llosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-vargas-llosa/)

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> [“Remaining open to the powers of conversation—to new evidence and better arguments—is not only essential for rationality. It is essential for love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/remaining-open-to-the-powers-of-conversation-to-new-evidence-and/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/why-should-it-be-essential-to-love-rarely-in-order-to-love-much/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [I think just the opposite is true: love is an ideology for eternal militants, and the more misfortunes life tries to burden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/i-think-just-the-opposite-is-true-love-is-an-ideology-for-eternal/)

[Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/)

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