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I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness. (Endymion)
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Love in a hut, with water and a crust,
Is–Love, forgive us!–cinders, ashes, dust;
Love in a palace is perhaps at last
More grievous torment than a hermit’s fast.
JOHN KEATS, “Lamia“
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You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.
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Love is my religion – I could die for it.
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“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” ― Love Letter of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
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“My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.”
― Love Letter of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
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