He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two stra…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more intense it was, the more ephemeral. ✨ Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2014). Of Love and Other Demons, p.121, Penguin UK
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