I used to think that paired opposites were a given, that lo… - Anne Lamott

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I used to think that paired opposites were a given, that love was the opposite of hate, right the opposite of wrong. But now I think we sometimes buy into these concepts because it is so much easier to embrace absolutes than to suffer reality. I don't think anything is the opposite of love. Reality is unforgivingly complex.

Anne Lamott

Bird by Bird · October 1, 1995 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Anne Lamott (born 10 April 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer.

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