Unrequited love may be painful, but it is safely painful, because it does not involve inflicting damage on anyone but oneself, a private pain that is as bittersweet as it is self-induced. But as soon as love is reciprocated, one must be prepared to give up the passivity of simply hurt to take on the responsibility of perpetrating hurt oneself.
( Alain de Botton )
[ On Love ]
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