How do you love?

He told me last night, when you love someone, don't give everything you got. Leave out something for yourself. Hold back. Because when that person leaves, it wouldn't hurt as much.

Honestly, can you really love someone halfheartedly? Can you really love someone while holding back a part of yourself? That's not the way I love. That's not how it works for me. And I know that the way I love a person would eventually lead me to that inevitable heart ache. Coz I know everytime someone says goodbye, or when I say goodbye, he keeps a piece of my heart.

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Excerpt from an email I received. These lines struck me the most, I wonder why.

"when you love someone, don't expect that person to love you back the same amount. One of you will be ahead, the other behind. It's either you catch up or the other waits."

"I'm sorry if you can't love me the way you loved the one before me, so i'll let you go to find him/her and hope someday you'll see that the one true love you're looking for was the one who set you free..."