„I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.“

— Kurt Cobain

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„I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you“
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
„I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.“
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
„I am amused at my relations with her: left so ardent in January – and now what? Also I like her presence and her beauty. Am I in love with her? But what is love? Her being 'in love' with me, excites and flatters; and interests. What is this 'love?“
— Virginia Woolf