“But I have never been sure that we are all talking about the same thing when we talk about love. Perhaps real love is too boring to talk about. Heartbreak is so much easier to understand that I think we might sometimes employ it as an understudy, a stand-in for the real thing.”
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“Because this is love. This is what we've both been through heartbreak for.”
“Love doesn't break us just the words we say to ourselves as we wait for the real thing”
“Length of togetherness has no indelible tie to the strength of the relationship. - Lars Egle”
“My brain is such a traitorous beast.”
“I'm sorry that when you say 'love', I always hear 'heartbreak'.”
“No baby, you didn't hurt me. You wrecked me. Know the difference.”