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Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.

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James Hillman
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 12
Died: 2011
Died: October 27
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Psychologist
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Alone
Boredom
Firsts
Stopped
Without
Relationships
First
Fail
Enough
Loving
Love
Failing
Imagining
Duty
Sentiment
Imagination
Sentiments

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