Sunday Nov 06, 2011

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"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life... you give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should just be friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love."

- Neil Gaiman
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lego:
Thank you for your comment. Now I see that you can COMPLETELY relate. It's a horrible feeling, I'm sorry you're feeling it too.
anti_:
I've always had the opinion that any kind of love, even at it's absolute ideal, will end in tragedy, so you either hide from experiencing any strong feelings, or you get as comfortable as you can with the idea of dealing when it gets there.

In the words of the immortal Kris Kristofferson - "The goin up is worth the comin down."

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