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It doesn't matter that I'm not in a relationship with anybody. Sometimes I feel like I'm being unfaithful to love itself.
— Ally • Ally McBeal
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker feels a kind of infidelity despite having no partner to betray. Love itself becomes the imagined recipient of loyalty, making the feeling larger than any particular relationship. The line explores an uneasy gap between being unattached and feeling free of obligations to love.
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