It is conceivable that the most intense joy overwhelms the emotion system, and that extraordinarily strong emotion of any kind produces moments of agony.
可以想见,最强烈的快乐击溃了情感系统,而任一特别强烈的感情都会产生痛苦。
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"Nay, Sorrow," said Joy softly, "but I see Him as the King of Sorrow, and the crown on His head is a crown of thorns, and the nailprints in His hands and feet are the scars of a great agony.
In the end only one thing can be certain: we enter into relationships and risk loving someone because all of the joy and the agony leads us to a greater sense of self.