"Loves are fleeting because they are based on selfishness. No one admits this, or even thinks the opposite, but it is true. We love ourselves in the other, the one whom we would most like to embrace, devour, never let go from our embracing arms, and if he does leave, we feel that he is taking with him a torn piece of our body and soul.
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Loves are fleeting because they are based on selfishness. No one admits this, or even thinks the opposite, but it is true. We love ourselves in the other, the one whom we would most like to embrace, devour, never let go from our embracing arms, and if he does leave, we feel that he is taking with him a torn piece of our body and soul.
""A szerelmek azért múlékonyak, mert alapjuk az önzés. Ezt senki sem ismeri be, sőt éppen az ellenkezőjét gondolja, mégis így van. Magunkat szeretjük a másikban, akit a legszívesebben bekebeleznénk, fölfalnánk, soha ölelő karjaink közül ki nem eresztenénk, s ha mégis elmegy, úgy érezzük, hogy testünk s lelkünk kitépett darabját is magával viszi."