"He knew at the same time that this stricture of acceptance (by which what we must love is made into what we can love) would eventually be a part of hi...

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To love without criticism is to be betrayed.

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"None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom the last.
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"I have been loved," she said, "by something strange, and it has forgotten me.