• Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven.

  Source: Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 19

  Bertrand Russell
  English philosopher and mathematician 1872-1970
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1. branches
2. extend
3. heaven
4. earth

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Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven. by : Bertrand Russell

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