To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a rowboatcomes slowly out and then goes back is truly worthall the years of sorrow that are to come.

Jack Gilbert
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  3. The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person. - Chuck Palahniuk
  4. Where there is love there is life. - Mahatma Gandhi
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More Quotes By Jack Gilbert
  1. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.
  2. I lie in the dark wondering if this quiet in me nowis a beginning or an end.
  3. We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars.
  4. We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must havethe stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthlessfurnace of this world. To make injustice the onlymeasure of our attention is to praise the Devil.
  5. The heart is a foreign country whose language none of us is good at.
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