A citizen once asked Comrade Fakovsky:
- What is love, Pyotr Afonasyevich?
- Love," Piotr Afonasievich thought for a moment and said a little later:
- I'll tell you something. The state of love is not born suddenly - it is a long journey. You have to know how to love. For example, the love of life is not connected with the fear of death. Love is essentially life, and the state of love is the feeling of being alive.
- That's how it is," the citizen now reflected.
- Yes," replied Piotr Afonasievich, "that's it.
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