a gentle notion on love

"Real love, I've learned, is a very, very strong form of forgiveness.  I don't think people yearn for love because they hate staying home alone on Saturday night or because they dread going into restaurants alone.  People want love because they want their taped-together glasses or ten extra pounds to be forgiven.  They want someone to look past the surface stuff like bad-hair days, a too-loud laugh, or potato chips crunching in their living-room couch when anyone sits down." Lois Smith Brady

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