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"Mumu" (Russian: Муму) is a short story by Ivan Turgenev, a Russian novelist and story writer, written in 1852. The story of Gerasim, a deaf and mute serf whose life of poverty is brought into sharp relief by his connection with Mumu, a dog he rescued, brought greater national attention to the cruelties of serfdom , and received praise for ...
"Contrary to the usual assumption, we all begin life not as individuals, but as 'we'; we are created by the union of male and female, literally of one flesh, produced by the semen of the father fertilizing the egg of the mother. Individuality emerges within this original "we," and by virtue of this 'we.'" (page 316)
He defines love as care by stating that "Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love", and gives an example of a mother and a baby, saying that nobody would believe the mother loved the baby, no matter what she said, if she neglected to feed it, bathe it, or comfort it. [28]
“Love is not love until love’s vulnerable.”— Theodore Roethke “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”— 1 Peter 4:8
“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.”— Alex Haley “It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness ...
Deus caritas est (English: "God is Love"), subtitled De Christiano Amore (Of Christian Love), is a 2005 encyclical, the first written by Pope Benedict XVI, in large part derived from writings by his late predecessor, Pope John Paul II. Its subject is love, as seen from a Christian perspective, and God's place within all love.
11. “The simple lack of her is more to me than others’ presence.” —George Thomas 12. “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against ...
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar is a 2012 self-help book by American author and podcaster Cheryl Strayed. Tiny Beautiful Things is a collection of essays compiled from Strayed's "Dear Sugar" advice column, which she wrote anonymously, on The Rumpus , an online literary magazine.