Mitch AlbomYou can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship
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When you can’t find the love of your life, you may be able to fill the emptiness with material things. But you cannot substitute them for love, for gentleness, for tenderness, or for a sense of comradeship.
Source: Tuesdays With Morrie
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