"For those in love with certainty, seduction is no territory in which to stray. Every smile and every word reveals itself as an avenue leading to dozen if not twelve thousand possibilities. Gestures and remarks that in normal life [that is, life without love] can be taken at face value now exhaust dictionaries with possible definitions. And, for the seducer at least, the doubts reduce themselves to one central question, faced with the trepidation of criminal awaiting sentence: Does s/he, or does s/he not, desire me?"

Essays in Love, by Alain De Botton (via theawkwardhug)

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