“What's the use of falling in love if you both remain inertly as you were?”
Mary McCarthy (1912–1989) American writer
Source: Between Friends: The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy, 1949-1975
“Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful.”
— Jessica Bird, book Lover Unbound
Source: Lover Unbound
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