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"And what is a friend? More than a father, more than a brother: a traveling companion, with her, you can conquer the impossible, even if you must lose it later. Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing."
"Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled."
The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
"She's stubborn and irritable, but I love her. It's not easy to tell that we're not blood related because of our sisterly bond. I'm just glad our father found her when he did."
she says this with sincerity, loving her adopted sister with the world. She will forever look up to her sister.
"I was appointed deputy within harborclan a few days prior to the day Smoke was brought into the world. She pestered everyone since the day she was born." Lichenstar says this about her sister, despite loving and caring for her deeply.
In the flush of love’s light we dare be brave and suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is our love which sets us free.
Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive.