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Saint Augustine

What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.

Saint Augustine

Jealousy

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Saint Augustine is saying that his deep desire for love made him willingly accept the emotional pain that comes with it, such as jealousy and fear. He recognizes that this craving for affection often led to conflicts and emotional suffering, but he embraced it because love was what he truly needed.

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