Love is the perception of perfection beyond the protection of our projection.
Maybe from as early as when you're five or six, there's been a whisper going at the back of your head, saying: __ne day, maybe not so long from now, you'll get to know how it feels._ So you're waiting, even if you don't quite know it, waiting for the moment when you realise that you really are different to them; that there are people out there, like Madame, who don't hate you or wish you any harm, but who nevertheless shudder at the very thought of you _ of how you were brought into this world and why _ and who dread the idea of your hand brushing against theirs. The first time you glimpse yourself through the eyes of a person like that, it's a cold moment. It's like walking past a mirror you've walked past every day of your life, and suddenly it shows you something else, something troubling and strange.
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Maybe from as early as when you're five or six, there's been a whisper going at the back of your head, saying: __ne day, maybe not so long from now, you'll get to know how it feels._ So you're waiting, even if you don't quite know it, waiting for the moment when you realise that you really are different to them; that there are people out there, like Madame, who don't hate you or wish you any harm, but who nevertheless shudder at the very thought of you _ of how you were brought into this world and why _ and who dread the idea of your hand brushing against theirs. The first time you glimpse yourself through the eyes of a person like that, it's a cold moment. It's like walking past a mirror you've walked past every day of your life, and suddenly it shows you something else, something troubling and strange.
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