Milan KunderaIf excitement is a mechanism our Creator uses for His own amusement, love is something that belongs to us alone and enables us to flee the Creator. Love is our freedom. Love lies beyond "Es Muss sein!
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This is a famous German saying that is most commonly translated as "When it is necessary, it must be done!" However, the creator’s love is not something that belongs to us. It is something that belongs to us alone and enables us to flee from the creator. Love is our freedom. Love lies beyond "Es Muss sein!
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