Love Quote by Lynn Darling

“But when I thought about love, I thought about this: my husband was the only man who had ever seen me for who I was and didn't blink, the only one I had loved the same way, the one who survived the myth I first made of him, and let me in. We had been able to be ourselves with each other: that was…” quote by Lynn Darling — Download Open image

““But when I thought about love, I thought about this: my husband was the only man who had ever seen me for who I was and didn't blink, the only one I had loved the same way, the one who survived the myth I first made of him, and let me in. We had been able to be ourselves with each other: that was all.””

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