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He pampered her in all the ways that he was able, but became very hurt when she did not notice the efforts he had made -- and when she did not notice his hurt, he became angry. His anger was both unsustainable and unsustaining; it did not nourish him, as men are sometimes nourished by their own rage. Instead the emotion only diminished him, leaving him all the emptier -- and, therefore, all the more ready to love.