It’s a calm and secure feeling of deep loyalty.
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View all 218 →When you’re younger you confuse love with chaos and passion and, as I’ve gotten older, I realise that love is the opposite: it’s peace and it feels safe, like home.
A blurred, warm state of total acceptance and joy.
I always relate love to happiness.
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