Nothing is more futile and more self-defeating than the bitterness of spurned love, the vengeful fee

ling that someone else has “come between” oneself and a beloved. This is always a distortion of reality, for people are not the captives or victims of others — they are free agents, working out their own destinies for good or for ill.

因爱情破裂而痛苦，因别人“插足”于自己与心上人之间而生复仇之心，是最没有出息、最自欺欺人的了。这是对事实的歪曲，因为谁都没有给别人当俘虏或牺牲品，他们都是自由的，不论命运是好是坏，都自己来做主。