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“A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Men don't get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get nudged into failure. They get slowly scared.[...]It's slow. It rots out your guts.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

“I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.”
― Jonathan Franzen, The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History