Marriage, sex, partners—these are all surface-level appearances. What everyone truly yearns for deep down is a positive intimate relationship where you can illuminate each other and mutually nourish one another. It's a partnership where you can engage in deep dialogue, where someone truly "sees" you and whose soul resonates with yours. This is undoubtedly the ultimate luxury of life—rare and precious, requiring immense good fortune to encounter.

Actually, finding a partner isn't difficult, and finding someone who meets your needs is easy too. What's rare is genuine care—still wanting to eat together after sleeping together, wanting to chat after eating together. It's seeing your partner's imperfections after desire fades and still thinking they're wonderful. What's easy is infatuation; what's rare is never getting tired of each other—being silent together without feeling bored, with two people together feeling more relaxed than being alone. Too many relationships begin with need and end with understanding—bodies draw close while souls drift apart. In this era, there's everything, except it's rare to find someone who can make you completely at peace...

Sex is crap, love is a sleeping pill.

Sex is scraps, love is a sedative.