Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
¶ (Attributed)
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Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950) American journalist
If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.
¶ (Attributed)
When dealing with a concept such as "important", one would be well advised to ask: "To whom?"
¶ Metropolitan Life (1978)
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