“to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”

“He never forgot what he learned and that was to love is to destroy and to be love is to be the one destroyed.”

“To love is to destroy, and to be loved is to be destroyed”

“The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”

“To love something is to destroy it forever.”

“Later, when his father left him, the boy cried over his pet, until eventually his father sent a servant to take the body of the bird away and bury it. The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”

“God knows we’re all drawn toward what’s beautiful and broken; I have been, but some people cannot be fixed. Or if they can be, it’s only by love and sacrifice so great it destroys the giver.”