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I didn't love her because it was right; I just loved her.

— Tom Booker • The Horse Whisperer

Red wool threaded through a dark wooden ring beside a tipped brass balance scale on a gray-blue surface.
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An editorial interpretation.

The speaker separates love from a judgment about whether loving was right. The repeated verb gives the feeling its own stubborn simplicity. Rather than supplying a justification, the final clause returns to the bare fact of loving, leaving the question of rightness unresolved.

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