“Unlovable? You? Iren, dear, as far as I’ve ever seen, in this world there are two great nations of the Unadored. There are the Love Gluttons who feel they cannot dote on anyone for fear of stealing some small measure of kindness from themselves, and there are those Paupers of Affection who refuse to care in retribution for the love they feel they deserve and have been denied. Both think the feast of human kindness small, the table settings but few. That has never been you, my dear. Never. Your heart is bigger than your chest. It drums so loud I can hear it from across the room. I hear it
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