"When you’re in search of genuine love with another human, you’re not only 'getting to know them:' You are getting to know more about yourself in a relationship with someone; who you are as a person when you are relating; how much you hide; how much of yourself you’re able to bring into a conversation. Because if your goal is to meet someone and know them for who they really are, but you yourself are hiding, then you’re only getting to see who they are in relationship to the mask that you’re wearing.”

—Jovanny Varela, Things I had to learn before finding my person