What does love feel like?

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An impenetrable team.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2019 source ↗

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Melissa McCarthy American actress
There is an ease to it. It’s not all butterflies and sky rockets, it’s more like absolute comfort.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2019 source ↗
So many different types. When I first met my husband, electric and vital. When I first held my boys in my arms, an overwhelming flood of defiant protection and magic.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗
Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser
Feeling you want someone else’s welfare as much and sometimes more than your own.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗

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