That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession. Jim Morrison
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In my opinion, this quote is clear and simple. We all love the person we pretend to be. We get to love our pretence. We get to love our masks and we forget all about who we really are. If we try and remind them, they hate us for it, they feel like we're trying to steal their most precious possession.

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