Suddenly the thought that the end of her life was imminent shocked him; it was one thing to pity someone he didn't know, quite another to face the same dilemma with someone he knew intimately. That was the trouble with beds. They turned strangers into intimates more quickly than ten years of polite teas in parlours.Colleen McCullough
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It is easier to pity someone you don't know than it is to face the same dilemma with someone you know intimately. It is difficult to be kind and compassionate toward someone who you have never met yet it is easy to be kind and compassionate toward people you have known all your life. The moment that I look at my mother, I feel an immense strength of love for her. My mother has done all the right things in life that she could to deserve this kind of love. She has worked hard, come through many challenges, and she has always put me first.
Source: The Ladies Of Missalonghi
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