I think you can love a person too much. You put someone up on a pedestal, and all of a sudden, from that perspective, you notice what's wrong - a hair out of place, a run in a stocking, a broken bone. You spend all your time and energy making it right, and all the while, you are falling apart yourself. You don't even realize what you look like, how far you've deteriorated, because you only have eyes for someone else. . Jodi Picoult
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In this quote, the author is saying the loneliness of obsessing over a person too much can be destructive. The other person will begin to notice all the flaws and imperfections in you because you have put them on a pedestal. Ultimately, your obsessions will destroy you as you begin to neglect yourself.

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