It took a long time, but my heart now feels full when I think of him. When you … - Emma Forrest

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We don't love others when we find them beautiful, we find others beautiful when we love them.

Emma Forrest

It took a long time, but my heart now feels full when I think of him. When you fall in love again—which I have—it's funny the other things that come back in with that open-ness. You have this ghost chorus of the lovers who came before, but they're benign now, they're good spirits.

Benign, Come, Falling In Love, Ghost, Heart, Thinking

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