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It must have been then that I began to lose faith in reasonable argument as the sole measure of truth.

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Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love.

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Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away ...more

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Though I knew how this failure would hurt you, I had to fold like a grey moth and let go.You could not believe I was more than your echo.

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How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.

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The possibility of injury or death was a strong attraction: as the online world became more and more pre-edited and slicked up, and as even its so-cal...more

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They were wrong about the sun.It does not go down into the underworld at night.The sun leaves merelyand the underworld emerges.It can happen at any mo...more

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Messy love is better than none.I guess. I'm no authorityon sane living.

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The truth is seldom welcome, especially at dinner.

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This form of love is like the painof childbirth: so intenseit's hard to remember afterwards,

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from under the ground, from under the waters,they clutch at us, they clutch at us,we won’t let go.

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Falling in love, although it resulted in altered body chemistry and was therefore real, was a hormonally induced delusional state, according to him. I...more

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Every child should have love, every person should have it. She herself would rather have had her mother's love - the love she still continued to belie...more

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You know I love you. You're the only one.""She isn't the first woman he's ever said that to. He shouldn't have used it up so much earlier in his life,...more

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Of course (said Oryx), having a money value was no substitute for love. Every child should have love, every person should have it. . . . but love was ...more