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title: "13 Simple Loving Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 13 Simple Loving quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Simple Loving sayings and thoughts."
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> [My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hope/my-idea-of-christmas-whether-old-fashioned-or-modern-is-very-simple/)

[Bob Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hope/)

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> [“Most things in my life are anything but simple--but loving you is. I just do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-giovanni/most-things-in-my-life-are-anything-but-simple-but-loving-you-is-i/)

[Cassandra Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-giovanni/)

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> [Living is simple, Loving is simple, Laughing is simple. Winning is also very simple but living your life in a SIMPLE way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/living-is-simple-loving-is-simple-laughing-is-simple-winning-is-also/)

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

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> [You might think I deserved a better person than you. But I think I deserved a simple &amp; loving person as you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buyuk/you-might-think-i-deserved-a-better-person-than-you-but-i-think-i/)

[Buyuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buyuk/)

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> [I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-knepper/i-did-a-film-when-i-was-about-30-it-s-a-coming-of-age-story-called/)

[Robert Knepper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-knepper/)

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> [Beneath all of her thoughts and worries, beneath the complication of conflicting identities and needs, maybe it's as simple as loving the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/beneath-all-of-her-thoughts-and-worries-beneath-the-complication-of/)

[Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/)

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> [So many use dad's name, saying 'Johnny Cash would not like this' or 'Johnny Cash would do this' or 'Johnny Cash would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-carter-cash/so-many-use-dad-s-name-saying-johnny-cash-would-not-like-this-or/)

[John Carter Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-carter-cash/)

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> [There was a good deal of laughing and kissing and explaining, in the simple, loving fashion which makes these home-festivals so pleasant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/there-was-a-good-deal-of-laughing-and-kissing-and-explaining-in-the-2/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [“There was a good deal of laughing, and kissing, and explaining, in the simple, loving fashion which makes these home festivals so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/there-was-a-good-deal-of-laughing-and-kissing-and-explaining-in-the/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [“It was really a very simple thing, after all,—it was only that he had lived near a kind and gentle heart, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-hodgson-burnett/it-was-really-a-very-simple-thing-after-all-it-was-only-that-he-had/)

[Frances Hodgson Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hodgson-burnett/)

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> [“I'm not simple. Loving me will never be easy. I bring every travesty that's rocked me- with me, to the table. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfa-h/i-m-not-simple-loving-me-will-never-be-easy-i-bring-every-travesty/)

[Alfa H](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfa-h/)

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> [ So the Midwest nourishes us \[...\] and presents us with the spectacle of a land and a people completed and certain. And… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/so-the-midwest-nourishes-us-and-presents-us-with-the-spectacle-of-a/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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> [“As a child I read hoping to learn everything, so I could be like my father. I hoped to combine my father's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/as-a-child-i-read-hoping-to-learn-everything-so-i-could-be-like-my/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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