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Emily Paige Ballou's avatar

"Now you might feel differently about those 'little professors' rattling off facts, because you know they’re in love."

...Wow.

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Michael Krantz's avatar

I've had many intense interests. My longest-lasting one has been Star Wars, which has helped me get into writing as well.

I relate to the depression thing, too. When I don't have an intense interest for a while, in comes depression. I don't know which comes first either.

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Gary Coulton's avatar

And that’s the problem for the majority. They can’t fall in love with something that becomes a benign obsession, it has to takeva pathology.

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