Quote by Graham Greene

I refused to believe that love could take any other form than mine: I measured love by the extent of my jealousy, and by that standard of course she could not love me at all.

I refused to believe that love could take any other form tha

Summary

In this quote, the speaker reflects upon their inability to understand love beyond their own perspective. They confess that they only recognized love through the lens of their own jealousy, measuring its depth based on how intensely possessive they felt. However, this limited perspective prevented them from acknowledging or accepting any other expression of love. Consequently, the speaker questions the reciprocation of love from their partner, as they believe their intense jealousy is an indication that love does not exist between them.

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