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Sometimes I seek another word to express the word love

St. Therese of Liseaux
February 1990 (Vol. III, No. 2)

Sometimes I seek another word to express the word 'love'; but in this land of exile the word which begins and ends is quite incapable of rendering the vibrations of the soul: we must then adhere to the simple and only word: To Love.

~ St. Therese of Liseaux
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