To be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be…

Graham Greene
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To be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be in love with the falsified and exalted image of yourself. In love we are incapable of honor - the courageous act is no more than playing a part to an audience of two. ✨ Graham Greene (1973). The Collected Edition: The quiet American
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