I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.

William Zinsser
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  2. As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin. - Pablo Neruda

  3. The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last. - Nicholas Sparks

  4. Sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love - Unknown

  5. By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this --One of you is lying. - Dorothy Parker

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