Nicole KraussOnce upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.
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Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering. The idea is that when you fall in love, you want to spend your entire life in that love. You want to think about the person you love all the time, and you want to make them happy, even if it means doing things for them. They are your everything.
Source: The History Of Love
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