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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Out of darkness is born the light.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Obedient people never trust in themselves.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena One who knows more, loves more.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena We trust and believe in what we love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena We’ve had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God’s sake.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
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Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola I am his, as he is mine. That is truth. And it is unbreakable.
JN FenwickJN Fenwick Attachment has a self-centered approach to love, where you focus too much on how your partner makes you feel and not enough on treating them well. Connection has more room for balance, where you both seek to support each others happiness and communicate instead of control.
Tanya GillTanya Gill Before you share love store some for yourself.
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