It is right in principle that those should be the best loved who have contributed most to the elevation of the human race and human life.
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There is no need, however, to be angry at this ambition of theirs – which may be forgiven; for every man ought to be loved who says and manfully pursues and works out anything which is at all like wisdom: at the same time we shall do well to see them as they really are.
How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.
The element of truth behind all this, which people are so ready to disavow, is that men are not gentle creatures who want to be loved, and who at the most can defend themselves if they are attacked; they are, on the contrary, creatures among whose instinctual endowments is to be reckoned a powerful share of aggressiveness.
Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
There’s the risk of being loved…and that would keep me from being happy.
At one time or another all normal people have wished their loved ones were dead.
She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so. She looked sad. But as we were fixing lunch, and for no apparent reason, she laughed in such a way that I kissed her.
