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What does it mean?
Love starts with pleasure, grows with need, and ends when separation is impossible.
In plain terms
Love begins with looking and ends with needing to stay together.
What can you take from it?
Understand love's stages to manage it.

Where it applies

  • romantic relationships
  • friendship
  • emotional bonds

Putting it to work

  • recognize dependency
  • nurture connection

Questions to consider

  • When did you feel needed?
  • Can love exist without dependence?

Another view

It equates love with inability to separate.

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