Quote by Charles Bukowski
Love is a form of prejudice. You love what you need, you love what makes you feel good, you love what is convenient. How can you say you love one person when there are ten thousand people in the world that you would love more if you ever met them? But you'll never meet them. All right, so we do the best we can. Granted. But we must still realize that love is just the result of a chance encounter. Most people make too much of it. On these grounds a good fuck is not to be entirely scorned. But that's the result of a chance meeting too. You're damned right. Drink up. We'll have another.
Summary
This quote suggests that love is a biased emotion, influenced by personal desires, comfort, and convenience. It challenges the idea of loving just one person when there are countless others that could potentially be loved more if given the chance. Although we can only do our best with the choices available to us, the quote argues that love is ultimately a product of random encounters. It acknowledges that while some may attribute significant meaning to love, it is not inherently superior to other chance-based experiences, such as a casual encounter.
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