He doesn't want you to be real, and to think and to live. He doesn't l…

E. M. Forster
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He doesn't want you to be real, and to think and to live. He doesn't love you. But I love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms.
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