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“Here's what it's like if it's hard to put yourself first: you genuinely feel happiness when someone else's needs are fulfilled. At least, that is what you know as happiness: the relief of not being seen, of having someone preoccupied with themselves. Well, that's not exactly right. There is relief in seeing another person being happy. Being happy makes it possible for that other person to love someone. In my case, I want another person to be able to love me.”

Yanyi, The Year of Blue Water (Volume 113)
tags: love, self-love
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The Year of Blue Water (Volume 113) (Yale Series of Younger Poets) The Year of Blue Water (Volume 113) by Yanyi .
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