Words at Play : Writers Talk About Romance

#9: The Straight Dope on Love

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.

— Fran Lebowitz

Photo credit: The British Library on Flickr

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