John Ralston Saul The Doubter's Companion
"The disease of love."
"Venereal"
The Doubter's Companion (1994)
“Love is a disease which fills you with a desire to be desired.”
Quoted in: Peter McWilliams (1997) Love 101: To Love Oneself Is the Beginning of a Lifelong Romance. p. 23
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