The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [w…

Alain de Botton
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The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [we soon feel ungrateful] or those who never allow us to kiss them [we soon forget them], but those who coyly lead us between the two extremes. ✨ Alain De Botton (1993). Essays in Love
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The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [we soon feel ungrateful] or those who never allow us to kiss them [we soon forget them], but those who coyly lead us between the two extremes. ✨ Alain De Botton (1993). Essays in Love

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