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“Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.”
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“Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.”
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“Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.”
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“Dreams reveal we never quite get 'over' anything: it's all still in there somewhere.”
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“To be loved by someone is to realize how much they share the same needs that lie at the heart of our own attraction to them. Albert Camus suggested that we fall in love with people because, from the outside, they look so whole, physically whole and emotionally 'together' - when subjectively we feel dispersed and confused. We would not love if there were no lack within us, but we are offended by the discovery of a similar lack in the other. Expecting to find the answer, we find only the duplicate of our own problem.”
― On Love
― On Love
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