Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, n…

Anais Nin
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Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.
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Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.

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