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Leo Buscaglia

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

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Leo Buscaglia is saying that hate still involves emotion and care, while the true opposite of love is when someone simply doesn't care at all. This means that indifference, or a lack of concern, is more opposed to love than negative feelings like hate.

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