I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'--her face was on a sudden distraught with pain--'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart. W. Somerset Maugham
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The greatest tragedy in life is to be unable to love that which one loves with all one's heart.

Source: The Painted Veil

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