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“Can you explain away love too?' I asked.
'Oh yes,' he said. 'The desire to possess in some, like avarice: in others the desire to surrender, to lose the sense of responsibility, the wish to be admired. Sometimes just the wish to be able to talk, to unburden yourself to someone who won't be bored. The desire to find again a father or a mother. And of course under it all the biological motive.”
― The End of the Affair
'Oh yes,' he said. 'The desire to possess in some, like avarice: in others the desire to surrender, to lose the sense of responsibility, the wish to be admired. Sometimes just the wish to be able to talk, to unburden yourself to someone who won't be bored. The desire to find again a father or a mother. And of course under it all the biological motive.”
― The End of the Affair
“If you work hard enough at something that doesn’t matter, you can forget for a while about the things that do.”
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“People don't demand that a thing be reasonable if their emotions are touched. Lovers aren't reasonable, are they?”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“one gets so hopelessly tired of deception.”
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“- Όμορφοι δεν είναι;
- Εχουν άγνοια του κινδύνου που τους απειλεί.
- Χαίρονται που ζουν. Αγαπιούνται. Τιποτ' άλλο δεν μετράει. Για εκείνους, δεν υπάρχει κανένας κίνδυνος. Θα μείνουν ερωτευμένοι για πάντα.”
― Η λέσχη των αθεράπευτα αισιόδοξων
- Εχουν άγνοια του κινδύνου που τους απειλεί.
- Χαίρονται που ζουν. Αγαπιούνται. Τιποτ' άλλο δεν μετράει. Για εκείνους, δεν υπάρχει κανένας κίνδυνος. Θα μείνουν ερωτευμένοι για πάντα.”
― Η λέσχη των αθεράπευτα αισιόδοξων
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