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“Just another four-letter word.”

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American playwright, renowned for his profound psychological portrayals and unique dramatic style. His notable works include 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'The Glass Menagerie'. more

“The message that 'love' will solve all of our problems is repeated incessantly in contemporary culture - like a philosophical tom tom. It would be closer to the truth to say that love is a contagious and virulent disease which leaves a victim in a state of near imbecility, paralysis, profound melancholia, and sometimes culminates in death.”

Love Sometimes States Problem Would Be Culture Love Is Disease Messages Philosophical Victim Profound Solve Contemporary Toms Contagious Paralysis Incessantly Imbecility

Author:Quentin Crisp

“Love has as few problems as a motor car. The only problems are the driver, the passengers, and the road.”

Love Problem Drivers Passengers

Author:Franz Kafka

“It is my conviction that no normal man ever fell in love, within the ordinary meaning of the term, after the age of thirty.”

Men Love Normal Thirty Kidneys

Author:H. L. Mencken

“Hoping to fashion a mirror, the lover doth polish the face of his beloved until he produces a skull.”

Love Faces Fashion Produce Lovers Mirrors Beloved Polish Skulls

Book:Collected Poems, 1953-1993

Source: Collected Poems, 1953-1993

“Love is simple to understand if you haven't got a mind soft and full of holes. It's a crutch, that's all, and there isn't any one of us that doesn't need a crutch.”

Ifs Love Needs Mind Simple Love Is Havens Holes Crutches

Author:Norman Mailer

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