“I want to get to know you once for all, and I want you to know me. And then say good-bye. I believe it's always best to get to know people just before leaving them. I've noticed how you've been looking at me. There has been a continual look of expectation in your eyes, and I can't endure that. That's how it is I've kept away from you. But in the end I've learned to respect you. You do stand firm, don't you? I like people who are firm like that whatever it is they stand by. Your expectant eyes ceased to annoy me, I grew fond of them in the end, those expectant eyes. I understand something in you and you seem to love me for some reason.”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Tagged: preferences, Love, Relationships, Leaving Someone
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