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I read this book many years ago but no longer have my copy. There was a quotation I copied and saved but have now lost, from the title story. If anyone could copy it for me, I'd be grateful :) It is the paragraph beginning "there is a configuration of love for each of us".

David After Kahlin says that he shall love both girls the same, they reply with...
"But that is impossible. Since we are different, so we must be loved diffe…moreAfter Kahlin says that he shall love both girls the same, they reply with...
"But that is impossible. Since we are different, so we must be loved differently. Did you not know that that is one of the great secret truths of human companionship. and the cause of all its torment as well as its happiness? There is a configuration of love to fit the needs of every configuration of personality."(less)

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