Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your ow…

Ayn Rand
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Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the person you love, and that is the greatest compliment, the greatest tribute you can pay to that person. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.278, Penguin
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