“The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open. ”
Jorge Sette "Linguagem" 
What does Roth mean in this quote?
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Well, different readers will interpret it in different ways. I think that he is saying that being in love makes you more vulnerable. Which is not necessarily bad.
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