" A MOST MEDIOCRE PERSON CAN BE THE OBJECT OF A LOVE WHICH IS WILD, EXTRAVAGANT, AND BEAUTIFUL AS THE POISON LILLIES OF THE SWAMP. A GOOD MAN MAY BE THE STIMULUS FOR A LOVED BOTH VIOLENT AND DEBASED, OR A JABBERING MADMAN MAY BRING ABOUT IN THE SOUL OF SOMEONE A TENDER AND SIMPLE IDYLL. THEREFORE, THE VALUE AND QUALITY OF ANY LOVE IS DETERMINED SOLEY BY THE LOVER HIMSELF.
IT IS THIS REASON THAT MOST OF US WOULD RATHER LOVE THAN BE LOVED... THE LOVER CRAVES ANY POSSIBLE RELATION WITH THE BELOVED, EVEN IF THIS EXPERIENCE CAN CAUSE HIM ONLY PAIN."
- CARSON McCULLERS, " THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE
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