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The quote reads as a rebuke of people who reduce love to a feeling instead of seeing it as the condition that gives life its meaning. It points to the idea that happiness and unhappiness can only exist where attachment exists, and it lands sharply in a conversation about grief, devotion, or the cost of loving deeply.
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About Leo Tolstoy
Russian writer
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, he lived in the 19th and early 20th centuries and is known in English as Leo Tolstoy. He is regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time. His work has shaped later literature and readers continue to return to his writing for its scope and force.
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