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Absorb Quote by Ann Oakley

“If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone.” quote by Ann Oakley — Download Open image

“If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone.”

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Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

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To Kiss : An attempt to absorb the essence of the other person.

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