from VO1, moonshine

The fire threw orange light across his pale hair. “It seems like everyone wishes to be loved. They just don’t know how to obtain it.”

“No, no.” She shook her head. “It’s not something you catch and hold on to. That’s not the way it works. What should happen is, you give love, and not just to who you think should receive it, but anyone, because everyone deserves it, and then you wait—it will come back to you. It may not come back from the person you want it to, but it will and does come back. You just have to accept that it may not be expected.” Her eyes were glittering. “I wish people would understand that. They would be so happy.”

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More people need to learn to keep that in mind.