...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experie…

Robert Musil
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...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experiences, because it lifts people out of the arms of reason and sets them afloat with no ground under their feet. ✨ Robert Musil (2015). The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic, p.30, Pan Macmillan
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...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experiences, because it lifts people out of the arms of reason and sets them afloat with no ground under their feet. ✨ Robert Musil (2015). The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic, p.30, Pan Macmillan

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