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1 " who can tell how long novelty lasts?Is it different for each experience, for each individual?Is our different response to novelty that makes us human? "
― , The Love Virus
2 " ... authentic love. It’s some kind of empathy I haven’t experienced before, more like a verb than a noun, not an act of calculated wisdom, but nurtured long-term in a shared act of becoming one soul. "
3 " Deep love doesn’t reside in the universal. Deep love is local.Deep love, my dear friends, is about the authentic details that you create with your partneras you cook and enjoy your life together. "
4 " Because when you are lonely,you are more online. You share more lies.You give more likes. You avoid others’ eyes. "
5 " Love and authenticity are similar. But they are not the same. That is the most painful lesson in life … "
6 " We had this thing with blue and grey: what Mark called blue, I called grey and what he saw as blue, I saw it as grey. Maybe that colour-blindness was part of our joint demise.That we blended our lives, instead of keeping them separate,we became one – not just regularly in the bed – but overall in the way we were heading to legalise our ties.Was that a misguided way of defining love?Could one stay close to the same person for life? "
7 " Familiarity feels good, especially after a lonely walk on a one-way orange track. Familiarity cancels out loose thoughts, it keeps heartbeat in a regular, secure, check. "
8 " But if love is not unique to the human breed, then my whole existence does not matter anymore. "
9 " That their shooting of messages will stop, that they will give their thoughts more thought, that they will start engaging in reflection, develop a true conversation,and in that meaning-negotiation,create some new understanding. The real thing. "
10 " When you trade the heart as a commodity,then you can do that with any other organ, any human. Any island, any country.Any home becomes a sellable property. "
11 " Insecurity paralyses, makes one feel half-dead,especially if one is already tied to the hospital bed. "