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In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding that they be what we need of them, and then feeling devastated when they refuse to perform the role we created in the first place.
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“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting,”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Society had a crime problem. It hired cops to attack crime. Now society has a cop problem.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
― Still Life with Woodpecker
“You remember your first love because they show you, prove to you, that you can love and be loved, that nothing in this world is deserved except for love, that love is both how you become a person and why.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“If we can’t be open, Maureen thought, if we can’t accept what we don’t know, there really is no hope.”
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
“Because it’s worth it. Worth the risk and the pain. Of all the glorious enchantments of this world—spring, snow, laughter, red roses, dogs, books—love is by far the best.”
― Harry's Trees
― Harry's Trees
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