In love, they only believe while they see you and hear you.

As soon as your back is turned--even if they have sent you away--they scream and cry out that you have abandoned them.
Before you come, they want you.

When you are there, you weary them.
When you are gone, you have betrayed them.

And they wonder that a man cannot bear that sort of thing forever! Do you call me practical for speaking in this way?
Very well, then--I am practical.

I tell you what I know." Gianluca was amused, but he thought over what Taquisara had advised him to do, and the more he thought about it, the more inclined he was to follow the advice.