"People stick hearts on Valentine's cards and get married in white dresses and give each other flowers. They think love is every-thing going right. That's not love. That's self-indulgence. That's good luck. Love is when you walk into the burning building. Love is when the person who means most to you in the world is breathing through a mask and pissing in a bag. Love is when they no longer know your name."

Valentine Love Pain Self-indulgence

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About Mark Haddon

Mark Haddon is an English novelist best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He also writes children's fiction, poetry, and screenplays.

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