Quotation by

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Sympathy constitutes friendship but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

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Coleridge suggests that friendship is built on understanding and sharing feelings, creating harmony between people. In contrast, love involves a push and pull where each person wants to become like the other, and this tension combines to form a complete relationship.

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