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The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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