Gillian FlynnLove makes you want to be a better man–right, right. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.
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Love makes you want to be a better man—right, right. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are. The first part of the quote implies that love requires us to always be working on ourselves and improving our character. Even if we fall in love with someone who is an imperfect person, we will still want to be a better person than them because we want to find someone who can be our equal.
The second part of the quote suggests that real love allows us to accept who we are and not pretend to be something we are not. We should accept everyone for who they are, warts and all, and love them anyway. When we pretend to be someone else for the sake of another person, it is really only hurting the other person because it is dishonest.
Source: Gone Girl
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