„This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.“

— Aleister Crowley

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„The second handers offer substitutes for competence such as love, charm, kindness - easy substitutes - and there is no substitute for creation.“
— Ayn Rand
„If they substituted the word 'Lust' for 'Love' in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth.“
— Sylvia Plath
„A man fell in love with Jeanne, and she tried to love him. But she complained that he uttered such ordinary words, that he could never say the magic phrase which would open her being.“
— Anaïs Nin