#infatuation

They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit. ↗

— Sophie Jordan

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You never knew this, but I was in love. Okay, infatuated, but it felt like love at the time. ↗

— Teresa Lo

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…I have never understood the concept of infatuation. It has always been my understanding that being ‘infatuated’ with someone means you think you are in love, but you’re actually not; infatuation is (supposedly) just a foolish, fleeting feeling. But if being ‘in love’ is an abstract notion, and it’s not tangible, and there is no way to physically prove it to anyone else… well, how is being in love any different than having an infatuation? They’re both human constructions. If you think you’re in love with someone and you feel like you’re in love with someone, then you obviously are; thinking and feeling is the sum total of what love is. Why do we feel an obligation to certify emotions with some kind of retrospective, self-imposed authenticity? ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

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Infatuation is like a drug that gives you the best high yet gives you the worst headache after. ↗

— Luke Blaise Pereira

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Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

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