You and I, it's as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.

Boris Pasternak
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As a couple, you and I have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together. Now we are trying to see if we know what we were taught. I’m not a big fan of heaven kissing. I don’t think it’s appropriate, but maybe that’s because I’m a materialist.

What has been going on is that we have been given the opportunity, through our unique circumstances, to see if we know what we were taught. We need to know this for sure before we can really be blessed with the knowledge of what else is waiting for us on the other side of life.

Source: Doctor Zhivago

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