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One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.

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The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.

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We are told we must choose — the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life if not a series of negotiations between the old and the

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Can I love someone...and still think/fly? Love is flying, sown, floating. Thought is solitary flight, beating wings.

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It hurts to love. It's like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.