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Love is not a power play, not roles and dynamics and shoes you must fill. You don’t need to become something better just to have someone’s affection, even if the other person’s intentions are pure. And you can’t make someone change for your reasons, or even the right reasons.

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Because any many that treats you as if who you are is not enough does not deserve the love you give.

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Please, don’t let pain keep you from finding the love you deserve.

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Your sense of self.

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You aren’t supposed to be with someone who likes the changed version of you. That isn’t what love should be built on.

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He reaches across the table before taking another sip of whiskey and asks me, “Why in the world do you still read paperback books when you can just read everything on a Kindle?” And I fumble around in my head for…