“I wonder if it's possible to start a new relationship without hurting someone else.”

—  David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

Variant: I wonder if it's possible to have happiness without it being at someone else's expense.
Source: Boy Meets Boy

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American author and editor 1972

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