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“When you love somebody, your focus is not on yourself.” — Tony Robinson | LINK

If love is patient, then so must you be.

Obsession is lethal bc there’s no world where u get obsessed w what’s urs. If it was urs there’d be nothing to obsess over. It’s always w something that’s not urs. And so obsession is guaranteed to fuck up ur life. Bc not chasing after it is misery. And doing so is too.

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“Once you grow up, you realize you don’t want to be crazy in love.

You want to be calm in love,

stable in love, patient in love,

understood in love, safe in love.

Your partner should give you peace of mind and reassurance, not constant little heart attacks and high anxiety.”