Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownershi…

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite. ✨ Citadelle or The Wisdom of the Sandsby Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (p. 152), 1948.
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