“Because the truth is, if you want that big, passionate, all-consuming love, you’re going to have to go after it. You’re going to have to fight for it. You’re going to have to be willing to put yourself out there in a way that could potentially humiliate or break you. 

And at the end of the day, it might. 

But if you’re not willing to stick your neck out for love, than you’re never going to meet anyone else who is willing to, either. 

And frankly, if you’re not willing to give out the big, scary kind of love you’re searching for – then maybe you don’t deserve to find it at all.”

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