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Saturday, July 08, 2006
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Ouch! This hurts!

I was browsing for Jerry Seinfeld quotes for a previous post when I stumbled upon this quote from Neil Gaiman:

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.

Ouch! Now that hurt! But it hits the mark...

5 Objection(s):

At 11:00 PM, Anonymous said...: ooo.. that hurts. ironically written but true.. but love still makes us feel good, too. aminin...
At 10:43 AM, categorically imperative said...: Howch...howch...howch!!!
At 7:59 PM, Punzi said...: @Cat: Ouch talaga!

@Bing: Admittedly, it does also feel good sometimes. But the cost far outweighs the benefits...
At 11:06 PM, Anonymous said...: ha ha ha that's funny! when you're in love, you dont notice these at all.. or you aren't even aware that 'the cost far outweights the benefits..'
At 5:39 AM, Punzi said...: Bing,

Yeah, right. Been there, been that.

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