Laini TaylorLove is a luxury."" No. Love is an element." An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.
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Love is a luxury. In the final years of his life, after being imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela told his daughter Zindzi that he “would need to change his element”—his air supply, his earth. He was too sick to breathe or stand on. It took an element to give him a new start.
Source: Daughter Of Smoke & Bone
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