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“In order to survive in the world, we have little option but to spend our lives being rather 'defended' , that is, at one remove from our more vulnerable sides, closed off from certain emotions, focused - in many cases - on not feeling.”

how we have been conditioned to romanticize love—seen during romanticism—“knowing the history invites another, more useful idea: we alone are not to blame; we were set an incredibly hard task by our culture, which then had the temerity to present it as easy.” i’m in awe.