Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.

—Torquato Tasso

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About Torquato Tasso

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Torquato Tasso ( TASS-oh, also US: TAH-soh; Italian: [torˈkwaːto ˈtasso]; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1581 poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at...

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Any time not spent on love is wasted.

—Torquato Tasso

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True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.

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Love is when you don't have to be with another person to touch their heart!

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The first person you fell in love with stole your heart. The first person you made love with stole your soul. And if these were one and the same, you were doomed.

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But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is commonly called sanity in the places where I have lived.

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