When I was young I asked more ...

When I was young I asked more of people than they could give: everlasting friendship, endless feeling. Now I know to ask less of them than they can give: a straightforward companionship. And their feelings, their friendship, their generous actions seem in my eyes to be wholly miraculous: a consequence of grace alone.
When I was young I asked more of people than they could give: everlasting friendship, endless feeling. Now I know to ask less of them than they can give: a straightforward companionship. And their feelings, their friendship, their generous actions seem in my eyes to be wholly miraculous: a consequence of grace alone.

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Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.