People stick hearts on Valentine's cards and get married in white dresses and give each other flowers. They think love is every-thing going right. That's not love. That's self-indulgence. That's good luck. Love is when you walk into the burning building. Love is when the person who means most to you in the world is breathing through a mask and pissing in a bag. Love is when they no longer know your name. Mark Haddon
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People stick hearts on Valentine's cards and get married in white dresses and give each other flowers. They think love is every-thing going right. That’s not love. That’s self-indulgence.

That’s good luck. Love is when you walk into the burning building. Love is when the person who means most to you in the world is breathing through a mask and pissing in a bag.

Love is when they no longer know your name.

Source: Polar Bears

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