Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by oursel…

Thomas Merton
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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. ✨ Thomas Merton (1979). Love and Living, p.32, Macmillan
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