But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of …

Jodi Picoult
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But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them. All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.457, Simon and Schuster
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