"We fall in love twice: first with the shining ideal we build in our mind, then with a real person..."

“We fall in love twice: first with the shining ideal we build in our mind, then with a real person who—we hope—matches it. Some never go beyond the first stage. Others do—only to discover the gaping hole between their ideal and the person who they thought could live up to it. And then there are those who meet a living breathing version of their dream—and discard their ideal without giving it a moment’s thought. They know they only needed it as a lighthouse that would lead them to someone real.”

- Ray N. Kuili, Eden Can Wait