Quote by Truman Capote

People who are having a love-sex relationship are continuously lying to each other because the very nature of the relationship demands that they do, because you have to make a love object of this person, which means that you editorialize about them. You cut out what you don't want to see, you add this if it isn't there. And so therefore you're building a lie.

People who are having a love-sex relationship are continuous

Summary

This quote suggests that in a love-sex relationship, individuals tend to deceive each other due to the inherent nature of the relationship. To maintain the romanticized image of their partner, people selectively present and emphasize certain aspects while ignoring or altering others. This constructing of an idealized version involves distorting the truth and perpetuating a lie. The quote highlights the notion that creating a love object necessitates editing and embellishing, leading to continuous deception within the relationship.

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