Quotation by

Fyodor Dostoevsky

To love someone means to see him as God intended him.

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Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Loving someone involves recognizing their true nature and worth as originally meant by a divine creator. It means looking beyond flaws and seeing them in the purest, most ideal form intended by God.

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