And it is a strange thing about love... it is that it can take a strength that would seem otherwise insignificant and transform it into a hardly quenchable power.

Steven J. Carroll
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This quote is by the Greek poet, Sappho. She wrote, “And it is a strange thing about love... it is that it can take a strength that would seem otherwise insignificant and transform it into a hardly quenchable power.” She was also quoted as saying, “If there were no other reason for loving one person above another, let me say that I love you because you are you.”

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