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Encouraging someone to be entirely themselves is the loudest way to love them. - Kalen Djon

“Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of Adventures.” - L Carroll

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Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I am concerned, is certainly a prerequistive of love. One of the most essential ways of saying " I love you ' is by being a receptive listener. - Fred Rogers

The art of giving: expect nothing in return not even gratefulness - unknown