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knowing and trust - by Elaine - manners & mystery

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can you ever know someone completely to trust them?

Salvador Dalí, Couple with Their Heads Full of Clouds, 1936 I’m intrigued by the idiocy of trust. I’ll never trust a man I love. In fact, if I trust him, it will mean I don’t love him enough. And a man should never trust me. — Lisa Tadeo, Animal If I could wave a magic wand, I wouldn’t be afraid to get hurt in love. It’s the worst kind of fear because it’s constantly with you, not like a fear of heights or a fear of spiders that only gets activated in the presence of the feared thing. And it’s cruel because it’s tied to something so good. Maybe it’s possible to love without fear, but that…

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