Built on the insubstantial foundation of our feelings, the life we had created together seemed a figment of our imaginations that dissolved into fairy dust in the face of something real, and deadly, like cancer.

Kim Van Alkemade
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When two people are caught in the throes of a passionate love affair, they are often so wrapped up in the moment that they are barely conscious of their own feelings. They are so deep in love that they are blind to the warning signs. As they are consumed by their passion, they build an elaborate fantasy world that seems real, but is actually built on nothing but the insubstantial foundation of our feelings. Like a house of cards built on nothing but air, their dream collapses when something real, like cancer, appears.

Source: Orphan Number Eight

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