#1913.

[maslimanny]

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival...!!

C.S. Lewis -The Four Loves, 1960.

[aiiaiiiyo]

[maslimanny]

Sunsets are loved because they vanish.

Flowers are loved because they go.

The dogs of the field and the cats of the kitchen are loved because soon they must depart.

These are not the sole reasons, but at the heart of morning welcomes and afternoon laughters is the promise of farewell. In the gray muzzle of an old dog we see goodbye. In the tired face of an old friend we read long journeys beyond returns.

[maslimanny]

In true love, you attain freedom. When you love, you bring freedom to the person you love. If the opposite is true, it is not true love. You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free...!!

[maslimanny]

Softness is not weakness.

It takes courage to stay delicate

in a world this cruel...!

[aiiaiiiyo]

[daisybobbie]

[panmikola]

God's Creatures by Eugene de Blaas, 1913.