Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is t…

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Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Marriage and Morals, p.79, Routledge
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