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Love Quote by Thomas Merton

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit out own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves that we find in them.” quote by Thomas Merton — Download Open image

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit out own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves that we find in them.”

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