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Everything is in disarray. All this for one person, for the relation that exists between you.

Motivated not by conscience but by her own selfishness: and the worst, most vulgar form of selfishness at that, which is desire. A shameful thing, the sexual motive. In a woman, especially.

Or I felt like it was annoying for me that you would even have feelings. Because I wanted you to be above all that.

he deserved to be happy, he deserved all the happiness in the world

Distractedly he gazes at her soft full mouth, dark eyes, line of the water moving with her breath.

If you don't care about the person's feelings, and you're not nice to them, and you don't really want them to be happy, how is that love, in your opinion?

You've had enough sadness in your life already, Margaret, he said. You don't need me making you sad as well.

Remember me the way I was.