"Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence, we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists."

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Source : Carlos Fuentes (2012). “Happy Families”, p.73, A&C Black

Carlos Fuentes

#Isolation Quotes #Absence Quotes #Filled Quotes

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