There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.
Falling in love is a narcissistic endeavor. You play the role of lover, and you find someone to act it out on.
Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.
Love becomes logically true when lost but still sought from the same source.
When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse.
We fall in love more deeply when we're unhappy.
When we fall in love, we feel that this person is ours and we are theirs by our mutual volition, and we know they could leave - we know that because they are free, and their freedom is part of the thrill.
You meet someone, you care for them, and you fall in love; it's what it is.
I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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