To love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.

Cassandra Clare
To love is to destroy, and that to be loved...
To love is to destroy, and that to be loved...
To love is to destroy, and that to be loved...
To love is to destroy, and that to be loved...
About This Quote

This is a quote from one of the characters in the novel Madame Bovary. While this quote is not entirely accurate, it is accurate enough to be used as advice for those who love. It is true that love destroys. We are all driven by our own desires and sometimes this desire is destructive to us and others.

However, to be loved is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed. If you are trying to be loved, then you are destroying. As an individual, you can only truly be destroyed by someone else.

The only way that you can destroy yourself is if you are trying to do it through your own ignorance or willfulness.

Source: City Of Bones

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