That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage for dirty sores. But they donβt know it. Those who speak of love most promiscuously are the ones whoβve never felt it. They make some sort of feeble stew out of sympathy, compassion, contempt, and general indifference, and they call it love. Once youβve felt what it means to love as you and I know it β the total passion for the total height β youβre incapable of anything less. β¨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.572, Penguin
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