Quotation by

Mignon McLaughlin

No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.

Love

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People often have an idealized way they wish to be treated in love, but real love rarely matches those exact expectations. This means that the love we receive from others usually falls short of the perfect version we imagine for ourselves.

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