When you love someone you leave every possibility open to them, and in spite of all the… — Max Frisch

When you love someone you leave every possibility open to them, and in spite of all the memories of the past you are ready to be surprised, again and again-surprised, at how different they are, how various, not a finished image.

In the original German

Wenn man einen Menschen liebt, so lässt man ihm doch jede Möglichkeit offen und ist trotz aller Erinnerung einfach bereit, zu staunen ... wie anders er ist, wie verschiedenartig und nicht einfach so, nicht ein fertiges Bildnis, wie Du es Dir da machst.

I'm Not Stiller · 1954
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Frisch, Max. Stiller [I'm Not Stiller]. Suhrkamp, 1954, bk. 2.

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