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“We never love anyone. We love only our idea of what someone is like. We love an idea of our own; in short, it is ourselves that we love.”

Fernando Pessoa

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When we think we love someone, we actually love the image or idea we have of that person. So, we are really loving our own thoughts and feelings, not the person themselves.

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