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it had tormented him, the love he felt that she couldn’t feel, wouldn’t return or care for or even know.
he suffered to see that she could love another, that all the things he wished for were given to someone who didn’t even ask for it.
it didn’t comfort him that he didn’t love her back, that all the things Draco wanted for Hermione, and she wanted for Ron were given to Lavender. The only happy people are those who love and are loved.
misery is to love and not be loved, and he wouldn’t wish that on anyone else
