I had a sneaking suspicion that this love thing is just an ingenious evolutionary plan to keep sentient beings from the logical
conclusion to self destruct.
I investigated other possibilities, as dark and as ugly as I could go. Experiments were conducted. Most of them were stupid.
And still, there it is.
I realize that thing was more important for me than it ever will be for you. That isn't something I would want to change. But I do want you to know that I tried to understand why I felt the way that I did. It was all very sloppy, but it was also very real.
—Stranger