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“Love is certainly also an unquestionable good, but the compulsive effort to always be loving that characterizes others reflects a denial of their humanity and always comes at the expense of authenticity…The most basic function of our compulsions is to help us preserve our false self. But maintaining this illusion is the source of all our unhappiness.”