Romance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible."

"Even when one has been wounded by it?"

"Especially when one has been wounded by it".

Неужели, чтобы поддерживать чувство, всегда нужен будет этот repetition?...
Хотя я и так уже давно почти разочаровалась...