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“In what we call "real life"--if you want to be successful, if you want to get on in the longterm--you always have to come to some kind of compromise with your own emotions: I can't overreact NOW! I have to accept THIS! I have to ignore THAT!--You're forever having to tailor your emotions to the circumstances, you go easy on the people you love, you slip into your hundred little daily roles, you juggle, you balance, you weigh things up so as not to jeopardize the entire structure, because you yourself have a stake in it.”
― Love Virtually
― Love Virtually
“I guess I don’t know what I want.”
“I do. I want you.”
“I know, but—”
“Nothing will ever change that. No matter what you hear. No matter what happens.”
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“I do. I want you.”
“I know, but—”
“Nothing will ever change that. No matter what you hear. No matter what happens.”
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“It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
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