Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought.

Stendhal
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When I was a child, I used to think that all people had to do was love a lot and the world would be a better place. But over time, I have come to realize that this idea is not true. Love doesn’t just happen. Like a flower, it requires the right conditions to blossom.

Without proper nourishment, it will die. Without sunlight it will wither and die. And just as a flower needs the right soil and water, so do people need love.

In fact, without love we will turn into one of those gloomy individuals who spends their days hiding from the world and their nights crying in loneliness.

Source: The Red And The Black

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