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“Love that doesn’t include honesty doesn’t deserve to be called love.”

“ one of the hardest things to admit is that we weren’t loved when we needed it most”

“One of the hardest things to admit is that we weren’t loved when we needed it most”

“ We’ve talked about this before haven’t we?” “About fireworks?” “About love. About how we often mistake love for fireworks - for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm - and constant.” (109)

Finally Alex, you giving me something!

Why is this so slow. Everyone seems to be loving this book whereas it feels slow with extremely unnecessary details