Quote by Ernest Hemingway

Love is just another dirty lie. Love is ergoapiol pills to make me come around because you were afraid to have a baby. Love is quinine and quinine and quinine until I'm deaf with it. Love is that dirty aborting horror that you took me to. Love is my insides all messed up. It's half catheters and half whirling douches. I know about love. Love always hangs up behind the bathroom door. It smells like lysol. To hell with love. Love is making me happy and then going off to sleep with your mouth open while I lie awake all night afraid to say my prayers even because I know I have no right to anymore. Love is all the dirty little tricks you taught me that you probably got out of some book. All right. I'm through with you and I'm through with love.

Love is just another dirty lie. Love is ergoapiol pills to m

Summary

This quote is a cynical and bitter reflection on love. The speaker sees love as a deceitful force that has caused pain and suffering. They associate love with the manipulation and control they have experienced in their relationship, including the use of medication and abortion. The speaker expresses frustration with the false happiness love brings, as it ultimately leaves them feeling abandoned and afraid. They reject love completely, believing it to be a collection of tricks and illusions. The quote conveys a sense of resentment and loss of faith in love.

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