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“What passes for love is imperfect knowledge. Not knowing, initially,…” quote by Nick Laird — Download Open image

“What passes for love is imperfect knowledge. Not knowing, initially, allows faithlessness to dress up as its opposite; casts the inarticulate as enigmatic, the selfish as forgetful, the angry as impassioned.”

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