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Love is the supreme virtue, it surpasses all other human emotions. We long for it, cry because of it and sometimes even kill over it. The question of what is it constantly remains unanswered despite the countless pages of ink spilled over it, millions of hours of speeches and of course, endless songs written about it.
In modern times and on college campuses like Cornell, we do not even know what love is. Love used to be commonplace in families, but became unattainable, a holy grail. You train to find it in college through dating and situationships. Once you finally graduate school around 30, you begin searching for true love. Eventually, you find one who the thought of life without them is too difficult to bear, so you get married.
After a while, you start a family. Only your Prince Charming doesn’t look so charming anymore and doesn’t act so princely. Your wife isn’t as exciting as she used to be. This is not love, so you get divorced. The quest for the holy grail renews again, for those who are lucky. Some realize that they did not just fail to find the holy grail but instead found Judas’ silver. Their former true love started their new search a little too early, even during the marriage.
But how did relationships and therefore love get in such a........