I want to read this book.
"We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s easy. The first girl I
ever loved was someone I knew in sixth grade. Her name was Missy; we talked about horses. The last
girl I love will be someone I haven’t even met yet, probably. They all count. But there are certain
people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel
like. These are the most important people in your life, and you’ll meet maybe four or five of these
people over the span of 80 years. But there’s still one more tier to all this; there is always one person
you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it happens eventually.
This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other
people, even if some of these loveable qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable. The person
who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different than anyone else, and they’re often
just the person you happen to meet the first time you really, really, want to love someone. But that
person still wins. They win, and you lose. Because for the rest of your life, they will control how you
feel about everyone else."
-Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story by Chuck Klosterman
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