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Old 01-13-2011, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by lillamy View Post
I think that depends on how you read it.
One could read it as "I love you not only for what you are but for the fact that I can completely and utterly be myself when I am with you" -- that's the only relationships I care about in my new life, the ones where I don't have to put on a mask or pretend to be something I'm not. Where I'm allowed to be all that I am, good and bad, whether I'm alone or with someone.

Yeah, but.............

I love you because you have done more than any creed could have done to make me good, and more than any fate could have done to make me happy.

Just that thing about relying on externals to 'make' us 'whole', happy', 'good' or whatever attribute we feel we might be lacking.

I think you may understand where I'm coming from. Hopefully.
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