I think it's because that's the way you feel when you are in love. You feel like it will last forever. And you want it to last forever. And a part of us, contrary to all available evidence, also often believes it will.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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