They asked me why I loved him, and I said: “Because he doesn’t remember how to love himself.

Frauke Heyde
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The act of loving someone means that you are willing to put in work for them, because you care about them. However, when someone loves themselves, they don’t take the time to do anything for someone else. You need to love yourself in order to love others. It takes effort to love another person when you don’t love yourself.

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