I always speak the truth. Not the whole truth, because there's no way, to say it all. Saying it all is literally impossible: words fail. Yet it's through this very impossibility that the truth holds onto the real.

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"When one loves, it has nothing to do with sex."

- Jacques Lacan

Love

"What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?"

- Jacques Lacan

Love

"I love you, but, because inexplicably I love in you something more than you - the object petit a - I mutilate you."

- Jacques Lacan

Love

"Love is giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it."

- Jacques Lacan

Love

"There is something in you I like more than yourself. Therefore, I must destroy you."

- Jacques Lacan

Self-awareness

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"Hurt me with the truth. But never comfort me with a lie."

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"A romantic relationship requires honesty between a couple."

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"Always admit when you’re wrong. You’ll save thousands in therapy… and a few friendships too."

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"A sister is a friend you don’t have to avoid the truth with."

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Honesty