doubts only inflame desire. As Rabih has realized, the most attractive people aren't those who accept him right away {he doubts their judgement} or those who never give him a chance {he grows to resent their indifference} but rather those who, for unfathomable reasons – perhaps a competing romantic entanglement or a cautious nature, a physical predicament or a psychological inhibition, a religious commitment or a political objection – leave him turning for a little while in the wind. The
( Alain de Botton )
[ The Course of Love ]
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