The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love

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The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme: why do we take active measures to sabotage love?

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“The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme: why would anyone take steps to deny themselves an experience which seems so plainly positive and life enhancing? Plenty of people are denied love by external forces; why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them?”


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