“Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you really need to do, in order to have what you want.”
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“Oh you cut your hair! What happened? Are you going through a breakup or something?"
"My favorite character died.”
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"My favorite character died.”
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“One of the great paradoxes in romantic love is that it never produces human relationship as long as it stays romantic. It produces drama, daring adventures, wondrous, intense love scenes, jealousies, and betrayals; but people never seem to settle into relationship with each other as flesh-and-blood human beings until they are out of the romantic love stage, until they love each other instead of being “in love.”
― We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love
― We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love
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