“For love, as he knew it, was an aberration, a form of temporary insanity, a short-lived state of autosuggestion.”

— Robert Sheckley

Source: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 15 (p. 132)

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“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.”

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Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“For love, as he knew it, was an aberration, a form of temporary insanity, a short-lived state of autosuggestion.”

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