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Time Enough for Love  ·  1973

Robert Heinlein

The more you love, the more you can love and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just.

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The speaker holds that love grows with use: the more you love, the greater and more intense your capacity becomes, with no limit on how many can be loved. With enough time, a person could love every decent and just member of the majority.

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