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"I'm no expert on love, but I'll tell you something. In the end, I've found that it doesn't really matter who you marry. If you like them at the beginning, you probably won't like them at the end. And if you start off hating them, there's always the chance you'll end up thinking they're all right."
— Jan 18, 2026 09:48AM
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my brain 🫨🫨🫨 i am definitely not made for philosophy. comprehending one's complex mind is too much for me
— Dec 29, 2025 01:56AM
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"We would not love if there were no lack within us, but we are offended by the discovery of a similar lack in the other."
— Dec 29, 2025 01:33AM
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"Unrequited love may be painful, but it is safely painful, because it does not involve inflicting damage on anyone but oneself, a private pain that is as bitter-sweet as it is self-induced. But as soon as love is reciprocated, one must be prepared to give up the passivity of simply being hurt to take on the responsibility of perpetrating hurt oneself."
— Dec 29, 2025 01:26AM
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"Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. [...] We locate inside another a perfection that eludes us within ourselves, and through our union with the beloved, hope to maintain (against the evidence of all self-knowledge) a precarious faith in our species."
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— Dec 25, 2025 10:03PM
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