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But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself.
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relationships
romance
life
love
platonic-love
gay
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David Levithan |
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And those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy.
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tragedy
platonic-love
platonic
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Leo Tolstoy |
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For love is a celestial harmony Of likely hearts compos'd of stars' concent, Which join together in sweet sympathy, To work each other's joy and true content, Which they have harbour'd since their first descent Out of their heavenly bowers, where they did see And know each other here belov'd to be.
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religion
love
platonic-love
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Edmund Spenser |
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He reached out and took her hand. Neither cared that someone might see. They had been taught all their lives that the only deep feelings between men and women were sexual, but now they knew that it was a lie. They were friends and they loved one another, and their hand-holding was perfectly innocent. It was one more thing to rejoice in, one more way in which they had risen above the system, above the machine.
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friendship
girl-boy-friendships
platonic-love
friendships
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William Sleator |