Sam Keen (1931) author, professor, and philosopher
Variant: Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
Source: To Love and Be Loved
“We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”
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