Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, …

Toni Morrison
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Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love a free man is never safe. There is no gift for the beloved. the lover alone possesses his gift of love. The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glance of the lover’s inward eyes. ✨ FaceBook post byToni Morrison from Feb 23, 2015
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