102. Discovering reciprocal love should really disenchant the lover with regard to the beloved. “What! She is modest enough to love even you? Or stupid enough? Or—or—”
Lou Salomé...
He *needed* her to reject him, or she would have been a mortal and attainable love which he probably would have ruined. By rejecting him, she caused him pain, 'hatred and love,' which caused him suffering, which he needed for a mania creation surge. (Unfortunately, tinged with misogyny.)
