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“Sweetheart, love is humiliating. Hasn’t anyone ever told you that?”
“Who would have told me that?”
“Do you know the word humiliate comes from the Latin root humus, which means ‘earth’? That’s how love is supposed to feel.”
“Like hummus?”
“Like earth. It grounds you. All this nonsense about love being a drug, making you feel high, that’s not real. It should feel like the earth.”

“The difference between coffee and your opinion is that I asked for coffee.”

“Fun was fine when you were young, but as you got older it was kindness that counted, kindness that showed up.”