I like it because I read it at an appropriate time in my life, and it just described exactly how I felt. Maybe in a couple of years, or maybe even a couple of months, I won't think the quote is that true any more (as with some of my favourite quotes in the past), or that gut-wrenchingly true.
"We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It's easy.
But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. These are the most important people in your life, and you'll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years. But there's still one more tier to all this; there is always one person you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it always happens eventually. This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of those qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable.
You will remember having conversations with this person that never actually happened. You will recall sexual trysts with this person that never technically occurred. This is because the individual who embodies your personal definition of love does not really exist. The person is real, and the feelings are real--but you create the context. And the context is everything.
The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different than anyone else, and they're often just the person you happen to meet the first time you really, really want to love someone. But that person still wins. They win, and you lose. Because for the rest of your life, they will control how you feel about everyone else."
-Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live
And this is something I got off Facebook, of all places, and off an application called Bumper Stickers, of all things!
But very true. And it is currently my guiding principle.
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it." -Norman Schwarzkopf
I went to the library today. Yay to books!
2 comments:
"they're often just the person you happen to meet the first time you really, really want to love someone."
This is something I realised actually. And it's actually why I didn't really believe in "true love" whenever I felt I wanted to be loved, or was searching for love. So now I'm not searching at all, and don't intend to in the future actually.
And my mum's actually worried I'm gonna get a boyfriend anytime soon. Lol.
Good quote. (:
"The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different than anyone else, and they're often just the person you happen to meet the first time you really, really want to love someone. But that person still wins. They win, and you lose. Because for the rest of your life, they will control how you feel about everyone else."
yeah. i can really really get that.
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