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Jacqueline Carey says true friendship must be akin to romance…

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Attempted Love

“True friendship must be akin to romance, I think; only without all the anguish and anxiety.” – Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel’s Scion

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Mark Epstein says desire takes one out of oneself…

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Anxiety and desire are two, often conflicting, orientations to the unknown. Both are tilted toward the future. Desire implies a willingness, or a need, to engage this unknown, while anxiety suggests a fear of it. Desire takes one out of … Continue reading →

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Jan-Philipp Sendker says I am not referring to those outbursts of passions…

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Of course I am not referring to those outbursts of passions that drive us to do and say things we will later regret, that delude us into thinking we cannot live without a certain person, that set us quivering with … Continue reading →

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