The grief of time passing, of life moving on half-finished, of empty spaces that were once bursting with the laughter and energy of people we loved.

As long as there is love there will be grief because grief is love's natural continuation. It shows up in the aisles of stores we once frequented, in the half-finished bottle of wine we pour out, in the whiff of cologne we get two years after they've been gone.

Grief is a giant neon sign, protruding through everything, pointing everywhere, broadcasting loudly, "Love was here." In the finer print, quietly, "Love still is."

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Never give all the heart, for love
Will hardly seem worth thinking of
To passionate women if it seem
Certain, and they never dream
That it fades out from kiss to kiss;
For everything that’s lovely is
But a brief, dreamy, kind delight.
O never give the heart outright,
For they, for all smooth lips can say,
Have given their hearts up to the play.
And who could play it well enough
If deaf and dumb and blind with love?
He that made this knows all the cost,
For he gave all his heart and lost.

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You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.

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Our memory reaches back through recorded history. The book of memories still lies open. And you here now are the hands that holds the pen.

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Winter must be cold for the one with no warm memories. We have already missed the spring.

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बस एक बार देख कर आज़ाद कर दे,
तेरी पहली नज़र की गिरफ्त में आज भी क़ैद हूं।

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Love won't obey our restrictions.
It's mystery is pure and absolute.

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बात बेबात की बातें करने से अच्छा है की तुम ख़ामोश रहो,
अगर कहनी है तो कोई ऐसी बात कहो जो खामोशी से अच्छी हो।

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मैं सूरज का साथ पाकर भी भूली नहीं अदब,
लोग जुगनू का साथ पाकर मगरूर हो गए।

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कभी मत सोचना की तेरे लिए हुए फैसले अगर कुछ और होते तो शायद ये अंजाम होता,
सच्ची मोहब्बत का अंजाम अगर निकाह है, तो रुक्मणी की जगह राधा का स्थान होता।
इस दुनिया की वादों बेहकावों में आकर अगर तू अपने दिल की ना करता तो ये इल्म रख की अगर कसमें
सच्ची होती तो सबसे पहले खुदा मरता ।।

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