It was very pleasant to be loved, but it had its disadvantages if one stopped to look beyond the immediate… — Arthur C. Clarke
It was very pleasant to be loved, but it had its disadvantages if one stopped to look beyond the immediate moment. For a fleeting instant Yradne wondered if she had been fair to Jon, to Brant—even to herself. One day the decision would have to be made; it could not be postponed forever. Yet she could not for the life of her decide which of the boys she liked the better; and she did not know if she loved either.
No one had ever told her, and she had not yet discovered, that when one has to ask “Am I really in love?” the answer is always “No”.
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