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Debt (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠love infinite a second time: a gale may blow itself out, but what has an infinite debt behind it has its own vigilance against ceasing.

Debt (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠gratitude in love is foolishness to the connoisseur; if she owed him something he would make her forget it.

Debt (n.) should ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be owed to no man — no favor, sympathy, forbearance or sacrifice — but you should still remain in the one debt you can never pay, of loving one another.

Debt (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where every man begins with God: in worldly careers one sometimes runs into debt to prepare; in the God-relationship one starts with an infinite debt.

Debt (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in love, a task to remain in, not to escape: everywhere else the problem is to get out of debt, the sooner the better; here the honor is to stay in it.