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title: "9 Having Loved Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“I don’t regret anything I was before because I still am. I only regret not having loved you. Put your hands in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-don-t-regret-anything-i-was-before-because-i-still-am-i-only-regret/)

[Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/)

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> [ “Having loved his own who were in the world, he \[Jesus\] loved them to the end. (John 13:1 NIV)” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scotty-smith/having-loved-his-own-who-were-in-the-world-he-jesus-loved-them-to-the/)

[Scotty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scotty-smith/)

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> [Does love truly come to everyone? Or may I die alone, having never been loved or given the chance to love?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/does-love-truly-come-to-everyone-or-may-i-die-alone-having-never-been/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Of all the regrets I've had in life, and there are plenty, having loved too much will never be one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/of-all-the-regrets-i-ve-had-in-life-and-there-are-plenty-having-loved/)

[Thurman P. Banks Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-p-banks-jr/)

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> [“What am I guilty of, then? Of having loved and continuing to love- no, not of loving: of longing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/what-am-i-guilty-of-then-of-having-loved-and-continuing-to-love-no/)

[Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

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> [Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-cash/happiness-is-being-at-peace-being-with-loved-ones-being-comfortable/)

[Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-cash/)

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> [“Being in love is like being lit on fire and having your loved one morph into a marshmallow as she runs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/being-in-love-is-like-being-lit-on-fire-and-having-your-loved-one/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/094/jarod-kintz-2_love_being-in-love-is-like-being-lit-on-fire_1109642.jpg)

> [Whatever we focus on is bound to expand. Where we see the negative, we call forth more negative. And where we see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/whatever-we-focus-on-is-bound-to-expand-where-we-see-the-negative-we/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/anonymous-1_attitude_whatever-we-focus-on-is-bound-to-expand_2213966.jpg)

> [“Is it better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all... But is it? Is it really better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-baratz-logsted/is-it-better-to-have-loved-and-lost-than-to-have-never-loved-at-all/)

[Lauren Baratz-Logsted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-baratz-logsted/)

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