Scary, because when you really love, it means that you are really scared of losing it as well.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2020 source ↗
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A warm sunny day. You get this bubble around you and, all of a sudden, problems are halved.
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I always relate love to happiness.
Maya Jama
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Euphoria, passion and feeling like nothing else in the world matters.
Robert Bathurst
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Unqualified. Also, there’s that strange moment when you’re listening to lyrics on Radio 2 and you think, “Ooh, that’s so deep”.
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