in the longing of perfection lies our fulfillment

You tell me that you fear love; why, my little one? Do you fear the light of the sun? Do you fear the ebb and the flow of the sea? Do you fear the dawning of the day? Do you fear the advent of spring? I wonder why you fear love?
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Oh, Mary, do not fear love; do not fear love, friend of my heart. We must surrender to it in spite of what it may bring in the way of pain, of desolation, of longing, and in spite of all the perplexity and bewilderment.

--Kahlil Gibran