the desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors… For from here love degenerates into habit, possession, and back to loneliness.

the desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors… For from here love degenerates into habit, possession, and back to loneliness.

– Lawrence Durrell –

The Alexandria Quartet

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