bad people

"We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It's easy. The first girl I ever loved was someone I knew in sixth grade. Her name was Missy; we talked about horses. The last girl I love will be someone I haven't even met yet, probably. They all count. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. These are the most important people in your life, and you'll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years. But there's still one more tier to all this; there is always one person you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it happens eventually. This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of these lovable qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable. The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different than anyone else, and they're often just the person you happen to meet the first time you really, really, want to love someone. But that person still wins. They win, and you lose. Because for the rest of your life, they will control how you feel about everyone else." -quote by Chuck Klosterman

dunno if this really happens. but it's a bad thing if it really does. and i don't think it really does. i think this is something like a self-fulfilling prophecy. every person who reads this will try to find out that one special person in his/her life. and will construct one if the need be - giving someone the 'special' qualities mentioned in this quote. it's like every cancerian finding himself moody and arty, like his/her sunsign says. and anyways, by the time one reaches the age where such judgment can be made and the real 'one' found, there will be too much of dust and grime surrounding the occurrences of the distant past - all the more reason for reaching faulty conclusions. when there isn't even a reason to conclude anything. and the one place where this quote goes terribly wrong is it makes the need to love precede the arrival of the 'one'!

PS: btw, i'm so inspired by this quote that i'm thinking of going into the business of giving such quotes :P! shouldn't be too hard, i think.

PPS: idle times in office are a fecund ground for the propounding and exposition of all kinds of theories. :D