Quote by Albert Camus
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it c

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. – Albert Camus

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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. – Albert Camus

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There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change. – Albert Camus

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Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames. – Thomas Moore

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I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman. – Elizabeth I

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Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. – Victor Hugo

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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, its what you are expected to give — which is everything. – Anon.

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