What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.

Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine

Anger Around Bonds Burst Caught Eager Enough Fear Happily Jealousy Love Loved Me Most Needed Painful Quarrels Sure Those To Love Would Wrapped

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