Maggie StiefvaterThe truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her: She's both a mirror of myself and a door to part of this island that I'm not.
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The truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her: She's both a mirror of myself and a door to part of this island that I'm not. This quote expresses the attraction and repulsion we feel for people we meet for the first time. It shows how we can be intrigued and repulsed by someone in an instant. We can be attracted to them on one level and at the same time repelled by them on another level. When we meet someone new, it takes our breath away.
Our whole world seems to fall into that person at once. However, just as quickly, the world starts moving again and we get over it. Perhaps that is what is so fascinating about meeting new people: We immediately become tied up in their world but without knowing it we also get to step through a door and see another part of themselves they did not know was there—as well as a new part of ourselves they did not know was there either.
Source: The Scorpio Races
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