„True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers, and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one’s life“

— James Baldwin

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„There is only one true aristocracy… and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!“
— Tennessee Williams
„true lovers in each happening of their heartslive longer than all which and every who;“
— E.E. Cummings
„There are books… which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.“
— Richard Bach
„After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.“
— Sophia Loren
„The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.“
— H.L. Mencken
„And will he who is a true lover of wisdom, and is persuaded in like manner that only in the world below can he worthily enjoy her, still repine at death? Will he not depart with joy? Surely he will, my friend, if he be a true philosopher. …And if this be true, he would be very absurd, …if he were to fear death.“
— Socrates