"Crush. Like. Love. There is no difference."

"But there is!" 

"For me, at least, there isn't. You either love someone or you don't. There is no standard to it. Take this, for example: you're in this class with the cutest person ever and you develop a crush for him. During this one particular week, he goes absent due to a common kind of sickness. What does this make you feel?"

"Um, worried?"

"Exactly. You're worried because you care for him; you wonder how he's doing, how long it will take for him to recover and sit again in his usual seat in the said class. You love him. Simple as that."

"It's not love."

"What is it, then?"

"Compassion. Compassion and love. They differ."

"I don't think they do."

"But they do. You can feel compassion for absolutely anyone, but you feel love for select people. Love is simply a subset of compassion."

". . . .Possibly."

"Or sympathy. That poor guy."


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